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101albumen paper — Photog. a printing paper coated with albumen, salt, and citric acid and sensitized with silver nitrate, used c1850 80. * * * ▪ paper albumen also spelled Albumin, light sensitive paper prepared by coating with albumen (albumin), or egg… …
102camera — /kam euhr euh, kam reuh/, n., pl. cameras for 1,2, camerae / euh ree/ for 3, adj. n. 1. a boxlike device for holding a film or plate sensitive to light, having an aperture controlled by a shutter that, when opened, admits light enabling an object …
103sensitize — sensitizer, n. /sen si tuyz /, v., sensitized, sensitizing. v.t. 1. to render sensitive. 2. Photog. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy. 3. Immunol. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance. v.i …
104transplant — transplantable, adj. transplantation, n. transplanter, n. v. /trans plant , plahnt /; n. /trans plant , plahnt /, v.t. 1. to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another. 2. Surg. to transfer (an organ, tissue, etc.) from one part of… …
105vaccine — /vak seen / or, esp. Brit., /vak seen, sin/, n. 1. any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses …
106human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
107immune system disorder — Introduction Disorders of the immune systemany of various failures in the body s defense mechanisms against infectious organisms (see table (Disorders of the immune system)). Disorders of immunity include immune deficiency diseases, such… …
108motion-picture technology — Introduction the means for the production and showing of motion pictures. It includes not only the motion picture camera and projector but also such technologies as those involved in recording sound, in editing both picture and sound, in… …
109respiratory disease — ▪ human disease Introduction any of the diseases and disorders that affect human respiration (respiration, human). Diseases of the respiratory system may affect any of the structures and organs that have to do with breathing, including the… …
110skin disease — ▪ pathology Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human skin. They have a wide range of causes. General features Although most diseases affecting the skin originate in the layers of the skin, such abnormalities are… …
