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• Lancefield group — Lance·field group lan(t)s .fēld also Lance·field s group .fēldz n any of the serologically distinguishable groups into which most streptococci can be divided and which are based on the polysaccharide antigens present in the streptococcal cell… …   Medical dictionary

• Lancefield classification — a classification of the Streptococcus bacteria based on the presence or absence of antigenic carbohydrate on the cell surface. Species are classified into the groups A S. Most species causing disease in humans belong to groups A, B, and D. R. C.… …   Medical dictionary

• Lancefield classification group — Lance·field classification, group (lansґfēld) [Rebecca Craighill Lancefield, American bacteriologist, 1895–1981] see under classification and group …   Medical dictionary

• Lancefield classification — a classification of the Streptococcus bacteria based on the presence or absence of antigenic carbohydrate on the cell surface. Species are classified into the groups A–S. Most species causing disease in humans belong to groups A, B, and D [C.… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• classification — A systematic arrangement into classes or groups based on perceived common characteristics; a means of giving order to a group of disconnected facts. adansonian c. the c. of organisms based on giving equal weight to every character of the… …   Medical dictionary

• Lancefield — Rebecca Craighill, U.S. bacteriologist, 1895–1981. See L. classification …   Medical dictionary

• Lancefield precipitation test — a ring precipitation test for identification and classification of streptococci. Group specific antibody reacts in vitro with group specific polysaccharide to produce a ring of precipitation where the two reagents react at the interface …   Medical dictionary

• Rebecca Lancefield — Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (born January 5, 1895; died March 3, 1981) was a prominent American microbiologist. She joined the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York in 1918 and was associated to that institute throughout her… …   Wikipedia

• Классификация Лэнсфилда (Lancefield Classification) — классификация стрептококковых бактерий (бактерий, принадлежащих роду Streptococcus), основанная на наличии или отсутствии на поверхности их клеток определенного антигена. Различные виды этих бактерий подразделяются на группы и обозначаются… …   Медицинские термины

• Maclyn McCarty — with Francis Crick and James D Watson Maclyn McCarty (South Bend, Indiana, June 9, 1911 – January 2, 2005) was an American geneticist. Maclyn McCarty, who devoted his life as a physician scientist to studying inf …   Wikipedia

• КЛАССИФИКАЦИЯ ЛЭНСФИЛДА — (Lancefield classification) классификация стрептококковых бактерий (бактерий, принадлежащих роду Streptococcus), основанная на наличии или отсутствии на поверхности их клеток определенного антигена. Различные виды этих бактерий подразделяются на… …   Толковый словарь по медицине