See Also: cell migration inhibition(medicine)
Migration inhibition factor (MIF)(health)
migration inhibition test(medicine)
macrophage migration inhibition test(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
monk(2)(dictionary)
monk(dictionary)
Monk's Pub(tourism)
sea monk(medicine)
Monk(medicine)

migration inhibition test (medicine) and Monk (medicine)


migration inhibition test (medicine)


migration inhibition test -->
migration-inhibitory factor test


A test which measures the presence of migration-inhibitory factor. Usually peritoneal macrophages are placed in a capillary tube in the presence or absence of supernatants from activated T-cells. If MIF is present, the migration of monocyte/macrophages is reduced.

Synonym: macrophage migration inhibition test, migration inhibition test.


Monk (medicine)


monk


1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to Religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. "A monk out of his cloister." "Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of Religion; but in Other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are." (Ayliffe)

2. A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.

3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.

4. <zoology> A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also applied to Other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus. The European bullfinch.

<zoology> Monk bat, a species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.

<botany> Monk's rhubarb, a kind of dock; also called patience (Rumex Patientia).

Origin: AS. Munuc, munec, munc, L. Monachus, Gr, fr. Alone. Cf. Monachism.

Source: Websters Dictionary