treponema pallidum immobilization test

  • 1Treponema pallidum immobilization test — Treponema pal·li·dum immobilization test pal əd əm n a serological test for syphilis in which a solution containing the living causative spirochete (Treponema pallidum) is combined with serum in the presence of complement with immobilization of… …

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  • 2Pallidum — 1. Also called the globus pallidus, this is a pale appearing spherical area in the brain. Globus is a Latin word meaning a globe or sphere. Pallidus refers to its pallor relative to the surrounding brain substance. The globus pallidus is… …

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  • 3test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …

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  • 4TPI test — Treponema pallidum immobilization t …

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  • 5serologic test for syphilis — (STS) any test for serum antibodies indicative of Treponema pallidum infection. There are two types: nontreponemal antigen tests detect antibodies to substance (reagin) derived from host tissues, now known to consist of the phospholipids… …

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  • 6reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… …

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  • 7TPI — Thrombolytic Predictive Instrument [project]; time period integrator; treponemal immobilization test; Treponema pallidum immobilization; triose phosphate isomerase * * * TPI abbr Treponema pallidum immobilization (test) …

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  • 8TPi — inspiratory pause time * * * TPI abbr Treponema pallidum immobilization (test) …

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  • 9TPIT — abbr. Treponema pallidum immobilization test …

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  • 10TPI — Tracks Per Inch (Computing » General) Tracks Per Inch (Miscellaneous » Unit Measures) Teeth Per Inch (Miscellaneous » Unit Measures) *** Threads Per Inch (Miscellaneous » Unit Measures) * Treponema pallidum immobilization (Medical » Laboratory) * …

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