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Lymphangitis is an inflammation or an infection of the lymphatic channels [2] that occurs as a result of infection at a site distal to the channel. It may present as long red streaks spreading away from the site of infection.
Streaking is the act of running naked through a public area for publicity, for fun, as a prank, a dare, a form of protest, [1] or to participate in a fad. Streaking is often associated with sporting events [citation needed], but can occur in more secluded areas. Streakers are often pursued by sporting officials or the police.
Management of angioid streaks starts with complete medical checkup to rule out underlying systemic associations. The condition is usually asymptomatic and at first do not need any treatment. [3] Secondary ocular complications like choroidal neovascularization lead to vision loss, and/or metamorphopsia. [3]
Dell is lacing up its Streak tablet to make a run for the medical industry this fall, but trouble is it's chasing an industry that historically has been slow to embrace electronic patient records.
In microbiology, streaking is a technique used to isolate a pure strain from a single species of microorganism, often bacteria. Samples can then be taken from the resulting colonies and a microbiological culture can be grown on a new plate so that the organism can be identified, studied, or tested.
Streak gonads are a form of aplasia, resulting in hormonal failure that manifests as sexual infantism and infertility, with no initiation of puberty and secondary sex characteristics. [ 4 ] Gonadal development is a process, which is primarily controlled genetically by the chromosomal sex ( XX or XY ), which directs the formation of the gonad ...
An inoculation loop (also called a smear loop, inoculation wand or microstreaker) is a simple tool used mainly by microbiologists to pick up and transfer a small sample of microorganisms called inoculum from a microbial culture, e.g. for streaking on a culture plate. [1] [2] This process is called inoculation.
It is sometimes called a Mallen streak, after a fictional family with hereditary poliosis. The Mallen family featured in a sequence of novels by Catherine Cookson , of which The Mallen Streak was the first.