Stimulating medicine
1stimulating electrode — an electrode used to apply electric current to tissue; it must include both a negative terminal and a positive terminal. See also bipolar stimulating e. and monopolar stimulating e …
2Colony-stimulating factor — A laboratory made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells. Treatment with colony stimulating factors (CSFs) can help the blood forming tissue recover from the effects of chemotherapy and radiation… …
3CSF (colony-stimulating factor) — A laboratory made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells. The colony stimulating factors (CSFs) include granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G CSF) and granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating… …
4Factor, colony-stimulating — A laboratory made agent similar to a normally existing substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells. The colony stimulating factors (CSFs) include granulocyte colony stimulating factors (G CSF) and granulocyte macrophage… …
5melanocyte-stimulating hormone — n either of two vertebrate hormones of the pituitary gland that darken the skin by stimulating melanin dispersion in pigment containing cells abbr. MSH called also intermedin, melanophore stimulating hormone, melanotropin …
6granulocyte colony-stimulating factor — n a colony stimulating factor produced by macrophages, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts that acts to promote the maturation of precursor cells into granulocytes (as neutrophils) abbr. G CSF see FILGRASTIM * * * (G CSF) a colony stimulating… …
7granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor — n a colony stimulating factor produced by T cells, macrophages, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts that promotes the differentiation of bone marrow stem cells, stimulates the maturation of precursor cells into granulocytes and macrophages, and… …
8macrophage colony-stimulating factor — n a colony stimulating factor produced by macrophages, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts that stimulates production and maturation of macrophages abbr. M CSF * * * (M CSF) a colony stimulating factor secreted by macrophages, stimulated… …
9melanophore-stimulating hormone — n MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE …
10thyroid-stimulating hormone test — thyroid stimulating hormone stimulation test (for thyroid function) TSH test; thyrotropin (thyroid stimulating hormone) is administered intramuscularly and the thyroid gland is monitored over time with scintiscanning or radioimmunoassays for a… …
