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gold standard, 1 an accepted test that is assumed to be able to determine the true disease state of a patient regardless of positive or negative test findings or sensitivities or specificities of other diagnostic tests used. 2 an acknowledged measure of comparison of the superior effectiveness or value of a particular medication or other therapy as compared with that of other drugs or treatments. gold a chemical element, atomic number 79, atomic weight 196.967, symbol Au. See Table 6. Gold and many of its compounds are used in human medicine and occasionally in veterinary medicine. See also chrysotherapy. gold-198 a radioisotope of gold having a half-life of 2.7 days and emitting gamma and beta radiation. Symbol 198Au. gold colloid scintiscan see scintiscan. gold dust a disease of aquarium fish caused by the flagellate protozoon Oodinium limnecicum. Affected fish develop a varnished look caused by a very heavy infestation of the protozoa on the skin and die within a few days. gold standard the ultimate standard to which all endeavors aspire. gold standard Criterion standard The best or most successful diagnostic or therapeutic modality for a condition, against which new tests or results and protocols are compared. See Standard of practice, Practice guidelines. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Currency instability has bedeviled international commerce since the abandonment of the international gold standard and the adoption of floating exchange rates. The methods that we used to detect bisphenols are now the international gold standard (4-7). 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) today announced that the 3Com(R) Firewall PC Card for notebook computers and the 3Com Embedded Firewall Policy Server, developed in collaboration with Secure Computing Corporation (Nasdaq: SCUR), have received the equivalent of the international gold standard for commercially-sold security products. |
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