…a blood protein (a beta globulin) involved in clotting. A deficiency of this causes one of the main forms of haemophilia…
…the cost of an item of goods or a service in terms of the various factors which have played a part in its production or availability, and exclusive of tax costs…
…a mathematical factor which compensates for irregularity in the shape of an object, usually the ratio between its volume and that of a regular object of the same breadth and height…
…the ratio of the average or actual amount of some quantity and the maximum possible or permissible…
…a feeling of horror, revulsion, or disgust generated by an aspect of an idea, action, situation, etc.…
…a quantity expressing the perceived lowering of the air temperature caused by the wind…
…a figure included in a calculation to account for some unquantified but significant phenomenon or to ensure a desired result…
…a substance, such as a vitamin or hormone, which is required for the stimulation of growth in living cells…
…the ratio of the actual electrical power dissipated by an AC circuit to the product of the r.m.s. values of current and voltage. The difference between the two is caused by reactance in the circuit and represents power that does no useful work…
…an antigen occurring on the red blood cells of many humans (around 85 per cent) and some other primates. It is particularly important as a cause of haemolytic disease of the newborn and of incompatibility in blood transfusions…
…any of a number of substances in blood plasma which are involved in the clotting process, such as factor VIII…
…include (or exclude) something as a relevant element when making a decision…
…a process in which the values of observed data are expressed as functions of a number of possible causes in order to find which are the most important…
…an agent legally appointed to administer a person’s estate…
…a parameter of an oscillatory system or device, such as a laser, expressing the relationship between stored energy and energy dissipation…
…a substance released by antigen-sensitized lymphocytes and capable of transferring the response of delayed hypersensitivity to a non-sensitized cell or individual into which it is introduced…
…an arithmetical multiplier for converting a quantity expressed in one set of units into an equivalent expressed in another…
…a substance secreted by the stomach which enables the body to absorb vitamin B12. It is a glycoprotein…
…a substance which, when secreted by the hypothalamus, promotes the release of a specified hormone from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland…
…any of a group of autoantibodies which are present in the blood of many people with rheumatoid arthritis…
…a widespread feeling of well-being and financial security, especially viewed as a factor in increased consumer spending…
…the highest number that can be divided exactly into each of two or more numbers…
…a mitogenic protein thought to be involved in such physical processes as normal cell growth, wound healing, and the formation of tumors…
…a substance secreted by bone marrow which promotes the growth and differentiation of stem cells into colonies of specific blood cells…
…a blood protein (a beta globulin) involved in clotting. A deficiency of this causes one of the main forms of haemophilia…
…a number that can be divided into all of the other numbers of a given set without any remainder. Also called common factor…
…a gene that is capable of causing the death of an organism, usually during the development of the embryo. Also called lethal factor, lethal mutation…
…an inherited disorder characterized by a tendency to bleed, caused by deficiency or abnormality of a plasma coagulation factor (von Willebrand factor)…
…a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus which stimulates release of thyrotropin…
…an inherited disorder characterized by a tendency to bleed, caused by deficiency or abnormality of a plasma coagulation factor (von Willebrand factor)…
