See Also: respiratory burst(medicine)
Respiratory burst(health)
burst(2)(dictionary)
to-burst(dictionary)
burst(1)(dictionary)
Burst(medicine)
burst 2, noun(dictionary)
burst number(medicine)
burst size(medicine)
spider-burst(medicine)

overcautious (iou) and Respiratory burst (health)


overcautious (iou)



overcautious adjective. E18.
[from OVER- + CAUTIOUS.]
Excessively cautious.
overcautiously adverb M19.
overcautiousness noun L19.

Respiratory burst (health)


Oxygen dependent increase in metabolic activity within phagocytic cells stimulated by bacteria or parasites, to be microbicidal.