Author: Glossary

A technique for detecting proteins in body fluids, based on the tendency of proteins to scatter light in identifiable ways.  

A device used in nephelometry to measure the number of particles in a solution. For example, it is used to measure the turbidity of a fluid and also may be used to estimate the degree of contamination of air by particulate matter.  

A unit of measure denoting the ratio of two amplitudes. It is similar to the decibel but is expressed as a natural logarithm instead of a logarithm of the base 10. 1 Np = 8.687 dB.  

Surgical formation of artificial opening into an organ or between two organs.  

A novel form of cell division in cancer cells, in which genetic material from the malignant cell separates by budding from its nucleus, followed by cytokinesis and the production of daughter cells with a uniquely long mitotic life span.  

A genus of bacteria of the family Anaplasmataceae. They are intracellular parasites transmitted to mammals by insect or animal vectors, including trematodes that infest salmon and trout.  

A tumor that has not spread or does not spread.