See Also: Gaffky scale(medicine)
Gaffky, Georg(medicine)
Gaffky table(medicine)
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unspring (iou) and Gaffky scale (medicine)


unspring (iou)



unspring verb. ; pa. pple unsprung. ME.
[from UN-2 + SPRING verb1.]
verb intrans. Spring open. rare. Only in ME.
verb trans. Release (a mechanism) by the action of a spring. E19.

Gaffky scale (medicine)


Gaffky scale -->
Gaffky table


A numerical rating for the classification of tuberculosis according to the number of tubercle bacilli in the sputum, ranging from 1 (one to four organisms in the whole preparation) to 9 (an average of 100 per field).

Synonym: Gaffky scale.