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Epitope
Epitope An alternative term for antigenic determinant.
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Determinant
Part of the antigen molecule which binds to an antibody-combining site or to a receptor on T cells (see hapten and epitope).
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Epithelial
Of the cells that line the internal and external surfaces of the body.
Epithelial basement corneal dystrophy
A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines, geographic map-like lines, and dots (or microcysts) on examination with a slit-lamp that focuses a high intensity light beam as a slit while the examiner looks at the front of the eye through a magnifying scope.
Epithelial carcinoma
Cancer that begins in the cells that line an organ.
Epithelial cells
One of many kinds of cells that form the epithelium and absorb nutrients. See also epithelium.
Epithelium
A thin layer of cells that covers the internal and external surfaces of the body, including body cavities, ducts and vessels.
Epitol
Epitol is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): carbamazepine.
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Endometriosis
A condition in which tissue more or less perfectly resembling the uterine mucous membrane (the endometrium) and containing typical endometrial granular and stromal elements occurs aberrantly in various locations in the pelvic cavity.
Enchancing antibodies
Antibodies which enhance the survival of a graft or of a tumour.
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
An assay in which an enzyme is linked to an antibody and a coloured substrate is used to measure the activity of bound enzyme and, hence, the amount of bound antibody.
Eosinophil
A polymorphonuclear leukocyte with large eosinophilic (i.e. red) cytoplasmic granules.
Eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis (ECF-A)
A substrate released from mast cells during anaphylaxis which attracts eosinophils.
Epitope
Equivalence zone
In a precipitin reaction, the region in which the concentration of antigen and antibody leads to maximal precipitation.
Exon
The region of DNA coding for a protein or a segment of a protein.
Effeminate
A womanish or sissyish manner and bearing in a man or boy stigmatized as an unmanly homosexual.
Ego dystonic
In psychiatry, the term used to apply to a proclivity, for example, toward homosexuality, in a person who seeks to repudiate it.
Eidetic
Characterized by vividly precise and accurate recall of objects, events, sounds or other imagery previously perceived.
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