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ESI Structured Storage Systems Some overlap here with Sharepoint and other collaboration systems, but the intent is to give a specific ESI type for enterprise systems that store…
ESI Unstructured Data Storage Systems Refers to any mass storage system that does not have an organizational or relational data structure to manage the information and electronic items.
ESI User Systems User systems are local computers, laptops and even small networks that are not maintained by the corporate IT administration group.
ESI Video Systems Covers all systems that capture still images and motion image series for storage.
ESM (1) Electronic Warfare Support Measures. (2) Electronic Support Measures.
ESMC Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick AFB, FL.
ESNet Energy Sciences Network.
esomeprazole (es-oh-MEH-pray-zole) A drug that blocks acid from being made in the stomach. It is used to treat acid reflux disease and to prevent certain types of…
esomeprazole magnesium (es-oh-MEH-pray-zole mag-NEE-zee-um) A drug that blocks acid from being made in the stomach.
esophageal (ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul) Having to do with the esophagus, the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach.
esophageal cancer (ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul KAN-ser) Cancer that forms in tissues lining the esophagus (the muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach).
esophageal reflux (ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul REE-flux) The backward flow of stomach acid contents into the esophagus (the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach).
esophageal speech (ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul...) Speech produced by trapping air in the esophagus and forcing it out again.
esophageal stent (ee-SAH-fuh-JEE-ul stent) A tube placed in the esophagus to keep a blocked area open so the patient can swallow soft food and liquids.
esophagectomy (ee-SAH-fuh-JEK-toh-mee) An operation to remove a portion of the esophagus.
esophagitis (ee-sof-uh-JY-tis) Inflammation of the esophagus (the tube that carries food from the mouth to the stomach).
esophagoscopy (ee-SAH-fuh-GOS-koh-pee) Examination of the esophagus using an esophagoscope. An esophagoscope is a thin, tube-like instrument with a light and a lens for…
esophagram (ee-SAH-fuh-gram) A series of x-rays of the esophagus. The x-ray pictures are taken after the person drinks a solution that contains barium.
esophagus (ee-SAH-fuh-gus) The muscular tube through which food passes from the throat to the stomach.
ESP Extended Streamflow Prediction
ESPRIT European Strategic Program of Research in Information Technology.
Esprit de corps The spirit which animates a collective body, as of the army or the bar.
ESQD Explosive Safety Quantity Distance.
Esquire In the United States the title commonly appended after the name of an attorney. Abbreviated: Esq.
ESR The distance red blood cells travel in one hour in a sample of blood as they settle to the bottom of a test tube.
ESS Abbreviation for electronic switching system.
Esse To be.
Essential a defined standard, which directly effects and has a fundamental impact on the work product of the laboratory or the integrity of the evidence.
essential amino acid An amino acid required for normal metabolism, but which cannot be synthesized by an organism. It therefore has to be supplied via feed or food.
Essential Benefits The ACA requires all health insurance plans sold after 2014 to include a basic package of benefits including hospitalization, outpatient services…
essential characteristics Those properties/characteristics of electronic records that must remain unchanged through transfer, ingest, storage, and presentation or output of records.
essential derivation of varieties (Abbreviation: EDV). Genotypes very similar to an originating cultivar, obtained, for example, by the selection of a mutant or a variant individual from…
Essential element Any of a number of elements required by living organisms to ensure normal growth, development and maintenance.
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, EFH are those waters and substrate necessary to fish for spawning, breeding…
Essential Health Benefits A set of health care service categories that must be covered by certain plans, starting in 2014.
essential nutrient Any substance required by living organisms to ensure normal growth, development and maintenance.
essential oil (eh-SENT-shul...) The scented liquid taken from certain plants using steam or pressure.
essential record any public record necessary to resumption or continuation of operations of state or local government, to re-creation of the legal and financial status of…
essential records See vital records.
essential requirement In plant cell tissue culture, comprises inorganic salts, including all of the elements necessary for plant metabolism; organic factors (amino acids…
essential service A network-provided service feature in which a priority dial tone is furnished. Note 1: Essential service is typically provided to fewer than 10 % of…
essential thrombocythemia An increased number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood, without a known cause. Also called essential thrombocytosis.
essential thrombocytosis (eh-SEN-shul THROM-boh-sy-TOH-sis) An increased number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood, without a known cause.
Essentially equivalent jobs Essentially equivalent jobs must involve essentially the same duties and responsibilities, qualifications and experience, and area of employment.
Esses Slang term used for a series of acute left- and right-hand turns on a road course, one turn immediately following another.
Essiac An herbal tea mixture that contains burdock root, Indian rhubarb root, sheep sorrel, and slippery elm bark.
ESSM Evolved (Enhanced) Sea Sparrow Missile.
ESSTO Educational Seminar for State Travel Officials.
EST See: expressed sequence tag.
ESTA Electronic System for Travel Authorization ((ESTA)) is an automated system that determines the eligibility of visitors (nationals from 37 participating…
established culture 1. An aseptic viable explant (See: micropropagation ). 2. A suspension culture subjected to several passages with a constant cell number per unit time.
Establishment An economic unit-business or industrial-at a single geographic location, where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are…
Establishments See Establishment
Estate Your estate is what you leave behind, financially speaking, when you die. To figure its worth, your assets are valued to determine your gross estate.
Estate Account An account held in the name of a decedent that is administered by an executor or administrator of the estate.
Estate tax Your estate owes federal estate tax on the value of your taxable estate if the estate is larger than the amount you are permitted to leave to your heirs…
Estatuto Un reglamento formal de la ley establecido por una entidad gubernamental.
ester (ES-ter) A type of chemical substance that is a combination of acid and alcohol. Esters are found in essential oils (scented liquid taken from plants).
esterified estrogen (eh-STAYR-uh-fide ES-truh-jin) A form of estrogen that may have fewer side effects than other forms.
Esthetics An emotional judgment about what is beautiful or pleasing.
estimated breeding value (Abbreviation: EBV). Twice the expected progeny difference. The difference is doubled because breeding value is a reflection of all the genes of an…
estimated income and current yield In most cases, estimated income is the amount of dividend and/or interest expected to be received annually.
Estoppel An impediment that prevents a person from asserting or doing something contrary to his own previous assertion or act.
estradiol (es-truh-DY-ol) A form of the hormone estrogen.
estramustine A combination of the hormone estradiol (an estrogen) and nitrogen mustard (an anticancer drug). Used in the palliative therapy of prostate cancer.
Estrogen A type of hormone made by the body that helps develop and maintain female sex characteristics and the growth of long bones.
estrogen receptor (ES-truh-jin reh-SEP-ter) A protein found inside the cells of the female reproductive tissue, some other types of tissue, and some cancer cells.
estrogen receptor negative (ES-truh-jin reh-SEP-ter NEH-guh-tiv) Describes cells that do not have a protein to which the hormone estrogen will bind.
estrogen receptor positive (ES-truh-jin reh-SEP-ter PAH-zuh-tiv) Describes cells that have a protein to which the hormone estrogen will bind.
estrogen receptor test (ES-truh-jin reh-SEP-ter test) A lab test to find out if cancer cells have estrogen receptors (proteins to which estrogen will bind).
estrogen replacement therapy (ES-truh-jin rih-PLAYSS-munt THAYR-uh-pee) Hormones (estrogen, progesterone, or both) given to postmenopausal women or to women who have had their ovaries…
ESTTA Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals
Estuary A water body where salt and fresh water meet resulting in brackish water. These areas usually have associated marshlands and are critical nursery and…
Esturine waters Deepwater tidal habitats and tidal wetlands that are usually enclosed by land but have access to the ocean and are at least occasionally diluted by…
Esturine Zone The area near the coastline that consists of estuaries and coastal saltwater wetlands.
ET And; also.
Et alii (Abbr. et al.) And others.
Et sequentia (Abbr. et seq.) And as follows.
Et uxor (Abbr. et ux.) And wife.
Et vir And husband.
ET&C Extended Tracking and Control.
ET-743 A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. It may damage the DNA in cancer cells. ET-743 is a type of topoisomerase-I inhibitor.
ETA 1. The Eta Model, now referred to as North Amercian Meso (NAM) an 84-hour numerical model of the atmosphere run four times daily by NCEP.
Eta Model Now referred to as North Amercian Meso (NAM) is one of the operational numerical forecast models run at NCEP.
etanercept A drug that is commonly used to treat arthritis. It is also being studied in the treatment of cancer, and as a treatment for loss of appetite and weight…
etanidazole A drug that increases the effectiveness of radiation therapy.
eTAS Electronic Trademark Assignment System -- see eTAS
ETB Abbreviation for end-of-transmission-block character.
ETC Emerging Technology Center
ETD Enterprise Training Division
eTEAS electronic Trademark Examination Application System - electronic trademark filing system.
ETERTS End-to-End Real Time Simulator.
ETESD End-to-End Sensor Demonstration.
ethanol Commonly used to disinfect plant tissues, glassware utensils and working surfaces in tissue culture manipulations; to precipitate aqueous solutions of…
Ethanol (C 2 5OH)Otherwise known as ethyl alcohol, alcohol, or grain spirit. A clear, colorless, flammable oxygenated hydrocarbon with a boiling point of 78.
Ethanol — Ethyl alcohol (C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>OH) A colorless liquid that is the product of fermentation used in alcoholic beverages, industrial processes, and as a fuel additive.
ethephon A synthetic compound commonly used as a source of ethylene, a gaseous plant growth regulator.
Ethernet A common way of networking PCs to create a LAN.
Ethical SEO Search engines like to paint SEO services which manipulate their relevancy algorithms as being unethical.
ethical wall A zone of non-communication between distinct departments of a business or organization to prevent conflicts of interest that might result in the…