See Also: electron spin resonance (ESR)(encyclopedia)
Electron spin resonance(medicine)
electron spin resonance spectroscopy(medicine)
electron resonance absorption(medicine)
electron paramagnetic resonance(medicine)
spin-spin relaxation(medicine)
resonance(dictionary)
resonance(encyclopedia)
Resonance(medicine)
resonance(dictionary)

sclerosis (iou) and Electron spin resonance (medicine)


sclerosis (iou)



sclerosis noun. . LME.
[mod. Latin, from Greek sklerosis, from skleroun harden: see -OSIS.]
Medicine. Orig., a hard external tumour. Now, a hardening of any tissue or structure, esp. of the circulatory or nervous system, freq. caused by diffuse scarring after inflammation. LME.
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, etc.
Botany. Hardening of cell walls by thickening or lignificaton. L19.
fig. Rigidity, excessive resistance to change. M20.

Electron spin resonance (medicine)


electron spin resonance
<physics> A spectrometric method, based on measurement of electron spins and magnetic moments, for detecting and estimating free radicals in reactions and in biological systems.

Synonym: electron paramagnetic resonance.