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Analytic specificity
How well an assay detects only a specific substance and does not detect closely related substances
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- Biomarker A biochemical feature or facet that can be used to measure the progress of disease or the effects of treatment
- Water fluoridation The addition of fluoride to water supplies that are low in fluoride in order to prevent dental caries. For…
- Exocrine gland A gland that secretes a substance out through a duct. The exocrine glands include the salivary glands, sweat…
- Infectivity The proportion of persons exposed to an infectious agent who become infected by it
- Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS) In PUBS, a needle is inserted through the mother's abdominal wall and the uterine wall. Blood can be…
- Immunodeficiency Inability to mount a normal immune response. Immunodeficiency can be due to a genetic disease or acquired as…
- Otoplasty Otoplasty: Plastic surgery to reshape the outer ear.
- Jordi Casals-Ariet See: Casals-Ariet, Jordi
- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) A substance made by cells that stimulates new blood vessel formation, a mitogen for vascular endothelial…
- Rat, cotton See: Cotton rat
- Prior approval See: Prior authorization