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Allen-Doisy unit (medicine) and anomia (medicine)


Allen-Doisy unit (medicine)


Allen-Doisy unit


The quantity of oestrogen capable of producing in a spayed mouse a characteristic change in the vaginal epithelium, namely, disappearance of leukocytes and appearance of cornified cells, as determined by a vaginal smear; equal approximately to one-half of an estrone unit.

Synonym: mouse unit.


anomia (medicine)


anomia
<zoology> A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Irregular; priv. + law.

Source: Websters Dictionary