See Also: Backflow(medicine)
pyelovenous backflow(medicine)

unipotent (iou) and Backflow (medicine)


unipotent (iou)



unipotent adjective. M20.
[from UNI- + POTENT adjective2 & noun2.]
Math. (Of a semigroup) having only one idempotent element; (of a matrix or linear transformation) having the single eigenvalue 1. M20.
Medicine & Biology. Of an immature cell: capable of giving rise to only one type of cell or tissue. L20.

Backflow (medicine)


backflow


The reversal of the normal flow of a current.

See: regurgitation.