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Shelf-life extension
Preservation of the purity and potency of a therapeutic agent
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Lift sheet
Sheet folded under a patient over the bottom sheet to assist with moving the patient up in bed.
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Flow sheet
A representation in outline or picture format of a technique or treatment.
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Draw sheet
A sheet folded under a patient so that it may be withdrawn without lifting the patient. This is accomplished by turning the patient to the side of the bed to allow one side of the sheet to be removed and replaced with a clean one. The patient is then turned to the other side of…
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Beta sheet
A protein structure in which parallel layers of linked peptides are folded across each other. This structure is characteristic of amyloid proteins.
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Sheep cell agglutination test
A test for rheumatoid factor in serum. Sheep erythrocytes sensitized with rabbit antisheep erythrocyte immune globulin will be agglutinated if serum containing the rheumatoid factor is added.
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Shedding
A colloquial term for the loss of deciduous teeth.
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Root sheath
One of the layers of a hair follicle derived from the epidermis. It includes the outer root sheath, which is a continuation of the stratum germinativum, and the inner root sheath, which consists of three layers of cells that closely invest the root of the hair.
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Rectus sheath
A strong fibrous sleeve in which the rectus abdominis and pyramidalis muscles contract. The sheath is formed from the aponeuroses of the abdominal wall muscles as they meet in the linea alba at the abdominal midline.
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Pial sheath
An extension of the pia that closely invests the surface of the optic nerve.
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