string test

1. an infrequently used test to locate gastrointestinal hemorrhage; a weighted string is repeatedly swallowed and removed, each time allowing the string to go further down the intestine until blood is encountered;

2. a similar procedure to obtain a specimen from the bowel lumen.

Obstetrics See Spinnbarkeit
Rheumatology See Mucin clot test
Urology A macroscopic method for determining active spermatogenesis; the testicle is bisected, forceps are used to grasp the parenchyma and visually note the separation of the strands of fibres

string test

Obstetrics See Spinnbarkeit Rheumatology See Mucin clot test Urology A macroscopic method for determining active spermatogenesis; the testicle is bisected, forceps are used to grasp the parenchyma and visually note the separation of the strands of fibers.

String test

A test performed to diagnose threadworm infection. The patient is asked to swallow a weighted string that absorbs stomach juices, which can be analyzed for the presence of threadworm larvae.

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Ultrasonography showed submental and liver abscesses which were subsequently drained and both cultures isolated KP with hypermucoid colonies on agar plate and a positive string test indicating the presence of this new hypervirulent strain of KP.

Keywords: Hypervirulent strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Hpermucoviscous Klebsiella Syndrome, String test.

Since the blood agar plate had shiny mucoid, cream, circular colonies so string test was done that was positive with a string length of more than 5mm (Figure).

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It is one of the few factories in the world that is equipped to simulate a full string test including the simulation of the plant's system curve before the pumps are installed in the power plant.

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gov/tools/ primer-blast/) against nr database for primer string test targeting on short and nearly exact matches.

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The phenotype, easily detected at the bench by the string test (5), has been associated with a chromosomal gene, the mucoviscosity-associated gene A (magA), and a plasmid gene, the regulator of the mucoid phenotype A gene (rmpA).

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The scope of the orders also includes the final full-load string test that will be performed at GE's plant in Massa, Italy.

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GE also will build a new facility for testing centrifugal compressors and will perform a partial load string test for the steam turbine-driven compressor trains.

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The Dresser-Rand compressors will be manufactured, and a full-load full-pressure string test conducted, at Dresser-Rand's Olean, NY facility for delivery before 2005.

Rolls-Royce to provide compression packages for Middle East gas project

Meyer added that "The string test was especially important because the construction schedule left no room for error after the pump packages arrived on site.

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At the time, the papers relating to the string tests were under a court "non-destruct" order.

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The breadth of the string tests, coupled with the pigeons' accuracy, suggest that virtual string tests can be used in place of conventional string experiments-and with other animal species as well, the researchers said.