See Also: direct reacting bilirubin(medicine)
indirect reacting bilirubin(medicine)
direct bilirubin(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
cross-reacting antibody(medicine)
Cross-reacting material(medicine)
minimal reacting dose(medicine)
slow-reacting substance(medicine)
cross-reacting agglutinin(medicine)
Bilirubin(health)

silicoproteinosis (medicine) and direct reacting bilirubin (medicine)


silicoproteinosis (medicine)


silicoproteinosis


An acute pulmonary disorder, radiographically and histologically similar to pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, resulting from relatively short exposure to high concentrations of silica dust; pulmonary symptoms are of rapid onset and the condition is invariably fatal.


direct reacting bilirubin (medicine)


direct reacting bilirubin


The fraction of serum bilirubin which has been conjugated with glucuronic acid in the liver cell to form bilirubin diglucuronide; so called because it reacts directly with the Ehrlich diazo reagent; increased levels are found in hepatobiliary diseases, especially of the obstructive variety.

Synonym: conjugated bilirubin.