See Also: kilobase(medicine)

Mantoux (iou) and kilobase (medicine)


Mantoux (iou)



Mantoux noun. ['m:tu, 'mantu:] M20.
[Charles Mantoux (1877-1947), French physician.]
Medicine. Used attrib. to designate a type of intradermal tuberculin test.

kilobase (medicine)


kilobase
<molecular biology, unit> Unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1000 nucleotides.

Abbreviation: kb