acid phosphatase test for semen (medicine) and trip(1) (iou)

acid phosphatase test for semen (medicine)

acid phosphatase test for semen

A screening test for semen by determining acid phosphatase content; because seminal fluid contains high concentrations of acid phosphatase, while Other body fluids and extraneous foreign materials have very low concentrations, high values of acid phosphatase on vaginal aspirate or lavage, or on wash fluid from stains, render positive identification of semen, even if the male is aspermic.

trip(1) (iou)

trip noun1. ME.
[from the verb.]
I.
The action or an act of tripping a person by suddenly catching or entangling his or her foot. ME.
H. Brooke Gave a slight trip to his..assailant, who instantly fell.
A mistake, a blunder; a slip, an inconsistency, an inaccuracy. M16.
A stumble or fall caused by catching or entangling one's foot against an object etc. L16.
Which? Trips and falls cause nearly half of all accidents.
II.
The action or an act of tripping or moving quickly and lightly; tripping gait; a nimble step, a skip. ME.
Sir W. Scott He..could..hear the trip of a light female step.
A journey or excursion, esp. one made repeatedly on a particular usu. short route or one taken for pleasure or Health. L17.
day trip, round trip, etc.
J. A. Froude Two trips were required to transport the increased numbers. G. Tindall Skiing trips always..seemed to start at..a traumatically early hour. P. Ackroyd He took off for a five-day trip to Paris.
b. The catch or take of fish etc. obtained during a single voyage of a fishing boat. N. Amer. M19.
c. Mining. A train of cars run in and out of a mine as a single unit. E20.
d. Racing. The distance from start to finish of a race. M20.
A hallucinatory experience induced by a drug, esp. LSD; the period of this. colloq. E20.
P. Dickinson The high had turned itself into a bad trip.
b. An experience, esp. a stimulating one. Also, an (illusory or self indulgent) activity or attitude. slang. M20.
EGO-trip.
Melody Maker The drums are bright shiny cab yellow...It's a trip. R. L. Simon I shouldn't botherpolitics was a sixties trip.
III.
a. A projecting part of a mechanism which comes briefly into contact with another part so as to cause or check some movement; a device which trips something. E20.
b. A shutdown of a nuclear reactor initiated by an automatic safety system. M20.
Comb.: trip-bucket in Arabia, a bucket operated by a tripping device and pulled by animals, used for raising water from a well; tripcock a device on a train fitted to prevent the train passing a signal set at danger, by applying the brakes when engaged by a projection on the track; trip-hammer a massive machine-hammer operated by a tripping device, a tilt-hammer; trip-hop a style of Dance Music, usually slow in tempo, that combines elements of hip hop and dub reggae with softer, more ambient sounds; tripmeter an instrument used to record the distance travelled by a vehicle during a particular trip; trip switch Electrical Engineering a switch for operating the tripping circuit of a circuit breaker.

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