j

℥j


灟

Han char

灟 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+21, 24 strokes, cangjie input 水尸水戈 (ESEI), four-corner 3712₇, composition ⿰氵屬)


ʒ

BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulda caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ʒ. vj. of diaprunis laxatiue. ʒ. ij. of ſuger roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] tabulate as much as ſuffiſeth make a bole.

1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […] (in English), London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], →OCLC, book VI, page 288:


v.

abbrev

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">vēna</i> (“vein”)


CV

(virology) circovirus: A virus of the genus Circovirus

(virology) coronavirus: A virus of the genus Coronavirus


r.

Short for Latin recipe (“take”, imperative).

(medicine) Alternative form of ℞ (showing an instruction to take certain medicine according to the following instructions).


PCV

porcine circovirus
porcine circovirus#English

(virology, taxonomy) porcine circovirus: A taxonomic species within the genus Circovirus.


Ad

(virology) adenovirus; Abbreviation of Adenoviridae.


Cannabis

From Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

A taxonomic genus within the family Cannabaceae – hemp.


F

From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

Coordinate term: G (“Birmingham gauge”)


G

From a modification of the Latin letter C (“ce”), from the Etruscan letter 𐌂 (c, “ce”), from the Ancient Greek letter Γ (G, “gamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤂 (g, “giml”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓌙.

Coordinate term: F (“French gauge”)

Birmingham gauge
Birmingham gauge#English

(medicine) Symbol for the Birmingham gauge.


DD

developmental disability
developmental disability#English

(medicine) Initialism of developmental disability.


[…] antibody response to Influenza (A2) virus.

1877, John Holmes Dingle, Biographical Memoirs, volume 61 (in English):

(virology) A type of Asian influenza virus.

[…] and the aortic component of the second sound (A₂) is normal.

2012, Perloff, Joseph K., Marelli, Ariane, Perloff's Clinical Recognition of Congenital Heart Disease (in English):


a.

Abbreviation of Latin artēria (“artery”).

Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">artēria</i> (“artery”)


FIV

(virology, initialism) Feline immunodeficiency virus.


HeLa

From English Henrietta+Lacks. Named after the American cancer patient Henrietta Lacks.

named-after

(medicine, cytology) A strain of cells derived from a cervical cancer tumor of Henrietta Lacks.


ß

BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.


head

+ (English symbol name plus sign or plus)

plus sign (English name symbol)
plus (English name symbol)

antonym(s) of “addition or positiveness”

From a ligature of Latin et (“and”). Compare & and ⁊ of same meaning.

(medicine) An affirmative result from a laboratory test.


antonym(s) of “all except relative complement”

There are many theories regarding the origin of the minus sign. According to one theory, it originates from a handwriting form of the letter m (for minus) that came to resemble a horizontal bar, Another theory traces it back to a hieratic sign.

(medicine) rejective result from laboratory test


m.

Borrowed from Latin mūsculus (“muscle”).


per os

From Latin per (“through”) + ōs (“mouth”).


brachio-

New Latin brachio- from Latin bracchium (“limb, branch, arm”)


Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.

1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […] (in English), Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:

(pharmacy) Apothecary symbol for ounce (unit of weight).


(chiefly pharmacy) The symbol for scruple (unit of measure equal to twenty grains or 1.2959782 g).


Psilocybe semilanceata

A taxonomic species within the family Hymenogastraceae – liberty cap, a psychedelic “magic mushroom” containing psilocybin.


Psilocybe cubensis

A taxonomic species within the family Strophariaceae – liberty cap, gold cap, a psychedelic “magic mushroom” containing psilocybin.


(pathology) Short form name of a pathological strain of E. coli


A serpent twined around a staff. Perhaps representing a Guinea worm being wound out of a patient on a stick. Possibly related to the biblical account of the nehushtan.

(medicine) The rod of Asclepius (a symbol associated with curative medicine).


mcg

(medicine) (metrology) Symbol for microgram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻⁶ grams.


`num`

`num` (English symbol name number sign or hash or pound sign or octothorpe)

`num` (canonical)
number sign (English name symbol)
hash (English name symbol)
pound sign (English name symbol)
octothorpe (English name symbol)


ss

(pharmacy, alchemy) Apothecary symbol for half.


Str

Strʳ

(medicine) Abbreviation of streptomycin.


tricho-

From Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”).


XBB

(virology) A variant of SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19 virus”), a sublineage of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”), a recombinant strain resulting from the mixture of BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75


Candidatus

(bacteriology) A taxonomic name component, usually forming an extended genus or species name, used as an interim status for a bacterium not yet cultured in a laboratory.


OMG Laura—Philippe is a serious man drug right here. I still can't believe you're not here to talk to in the mornings!! I'm talking serious 🍆🍆

2020, Sarah Begg, Eat Pray Shag (in English):

(Internet slang, euphemistic) Represents a penis.


Usage in the sense of "booing" evokes the practice of audiences throwing tomatoes at bad performances.

BOOOOOOOO 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

2024 January 15, @cragmites, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

(Internet slang) Used to express disapproval such as when booing, often reduplicated.


An emoji representing a pair of cherries


KPC

(pathology) Abbreviation of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase.


K. pneumoniae carbapenemase

Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae#Translingual

(pathology) a superbug strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria that produces carbapenemase


Group IV

(virology) Positive-sense ssRNA viruses.


(+)ssRNA

(virology) Having a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genome.


(-)ssRNA

(virology) Negative-sense, single-stranded RNA virus.


(Internet slang, euphemistic) Represents a pair of buttocks.


typus melancholicus

(medicine) The melancholic type: a set of personality traits supposed to be associated with depression.


C. diff

Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile#Translingual

(pathology) CDI: A Clostridium difficile infection


COVID

Vietnamese: Cô Vy

Blend of Coronavirus + disease. From "Co" of Latin corona, "Vi" of Virus, "D" of English disease. Coined by the UN WHO in February 2020.


For quotations using this term, see Citations:SARS-CoV-2.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2#Translingual

(virology) Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; a virus which causes COVID-19 coronavirus disease, first discovered in 2019, in an outbreak that started in Wuhan, Hubei, China.


→ Lao: ໂຄວິດ-19 (khō wit-19)

→ Samoan: KOVITI-19

→ Thai: โควิด-19

From COVID and the year 2019. The format was established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is to be used for the names of future outbreaks.

(pathology) A disease caused by a coronavirus discovered in 2019, in a zoonotic pandemic starting in Wuhan, Hubei, China.

(virology, metonymically) Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; the virus which causes the disease.


Pandoravirus

English: pandoravirus

Ancient Greek Πανδώρα (Pandṓra, “Pandora”) + -virus.
From Latin virus (“virus”). From the discovery of the virus being akin to opening a Pandora's box of new possibilities in viral research and capabilities. From Pandora, the Greek mythological figure who opened Pandora's box.

suffix

(virology) A taxonomic genus within the family Pandoraviridae – certain giant viruses, DNA viruses which infect amoeba.


From English reproduction (“R”) + zero (“0”).

basic reproduction ratio
basic reproduction ratio

(epidemiology) The basic reproduction ratio


HCoV-NH

HCoV + NH. From Homo (“h”)+Coronavirus (“CoV”)+English New Haven (“NH”). From English New Haven coronavirus.

United States of America
United States of America#English

(virology) A coronavirus first discovered in New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, that infects humans.

Kawasaki disease

a disease thought to be caused by HCoV-NH


o.o

An emoticon representing eyes open and staring, as in shock or surprise.


(dentistry) Symbol for upper-right quadrant in the Palmer notation.


(dentistry) Symbol for upper-left quadrant in the Palmer notation.


(dentistry) Symbol for lower-right quadrant in the Palmer notation.


(dentistry) Symbol for lower-left quadrant in the Palmer notation.


subgroup B adenovirus
subgroup B adenovirus#English

(virology, immunology, pharmacology, genetic engineering) adenovirus serotype 35, a subgroup B adenovirus; A virus frequently used in recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine vectors


species D adenovirus
species D adenovirus#English

(virology, immunology, pharmacology, genetic engineering) adenovirus serotype 48, a species D adenovirus; A virus frequently used in recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine vectors


type C adenovirus
type C adenovirus#English

(virology, immunology, pharmacology, genetic engineering) adenovirus serotype 5, a type C adenovirus; A virus frequently used in recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine vectors


group D adenovirus
group D adenovirus#English

(virology, immunology, pharmacology, genetic engineering) adenovirus serotype 26, a group D adenovirus; A virus frequently used in recombinant adenovirus-based vaccine vectors


a mutation that results in a glycine at position 614

(virology, COVID-19, informal, by extension) A variant of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Coronavirus carrying this mutation.

(informal) The variant of SARS-CoV-2 that became dominant worldwide outside of China at the start of 2020


English: lineage B.1.617

English: B.1.617 lineage

The dynamics, molecular interactions, and binding energy of the B.1.1.7 variant (spike N501Y mutant), B.1.617 variant (E484Q and L452R spike mutant), and wild-type (WT) were investigated recently in India using molecular dynamics simulations of three diverse spike-ACE2 complexes.

2023, Laiali Alquraan, Karem H. Alzoubi, Suzie Y. Rababa'h, “Mutations of SARS-CoV-2 and their impact on disease diagnosis and severity”, in Informatics in medicine unlocked, →DOI:

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; that has two significant mutations, E484Q and L452R, causing a wave of new infections in India in Spring 2021.


English: lineage B.1.617.2

English: B.1.617.2 lineage

The SARS-CoV-2 viruses used to perform the CPE-MN neutralization assay were the original Wuhan SARS-CoV-2 virus (SARS-CoV-2/INMI1-Isolate/2020/Italy: MT066156), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 (INMI GISAID accession number: EPI_ISL_736997), SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 (EVAg Cod: 014V-04058), B.1.1.248 (EVAg CoD: 014V-04089), and B.1.617.2 (GISAID ID: EPI_ISL_2029113)

2023 January 4, Emanuele Andreano, Ida Paciello, Giulio Pierleoni, Giulia Piccini, Valentina Abbiento, Giada Antonelli, Piero Pileri et al., “B cell analyses after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA third vaccination reveals a hybrid immunity like antibody response”, in Nature Communications, →DOI:

(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; first detected in India in October 2020, causing a wave of new infections in 2021.


From being a mutant version of the C.1 variant.

(virology) A variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, first detected in May 2021 in South Africa


(virology) A virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19; starting a new wave and becoming dominant in the United Kingdom in late 2021. It is a sublineage of B.1.617.2 (“Delta variant (“Indian variant”)”) with the K417N spike protein mutation.


(virology) A SARSr-CoV-like Betacoronavirus that natively infects horseshoe bats first discovered in Yunnan, China, in 2013. One of the closest wild relatives to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.


(virology) A SARSr-CoV-like Betacoronavirus that natively infects bats first discovered in Laos. One of the closest wild relatives to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.


Bet you’ve never seen food porn like this before. 😏

2022 August 26, Corinne Sullivan, “TikTok’s Sexy Food Guru Cedrik Lorenzen Is Here to Whet Your Appetite”, in Cosmopolitan (in English):

An emoji drawing attention to a perceived innuendo.


hMPXV

h- + MPXV; from English human+monkey+pox+virus

Monkeypox virus
Monkeypox virus#Translingual


From being a variant of parent strain XBB.1, itself a variant of XBB

(virology) Kraken variant: A variant of SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19 virus”), a sublineage of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”). This variant became dominant in the United States of America at the end of 2022 and start of 2023, and is the most transmissible yet of the major strains as of the turn of the year 2022/2023.


The 8 represents the testicles, the = symbol represents the length of the penis, and the D represents the glans penis.

(vulgar, humorous, Internet slang) A graphical representation of a penis and testicles.


A serpent drinking from a cup or bowl and sometimes twined around it. Perhaps related to the serpent in the staff of Asclepius, which is thought to be the Guinea worm in origin.

preventative medicine
preventative medicine#English

(medicine) the traditional symbol of the goddess Hygieia, associated with preventative medicine


Circovirus

English: circovirus

French: circovirus

(virology, taxonomy) A taxonomic genus within the family Circoviridae.

BFDV

beak and feather disease circovirus, beak and feather disease virus


(virology, medicine, neologism) Human associated circovirus 1: A taxonomic species within the genus Circovirus.; A virus, the first circovirus discovered infecting humans, implicated in causing hepatitis.


(Internet slang, euphemistic, figuratively) A small penis.


(Internet slang, euphemistic, figuratively) A penis.


(mobile games, Internet) Primes the user to use a pinching gesture on a touchscreen device.


(Internet slang, euphemistic) A vagina; the female genitalia; pussy.


-cephalus

head

-cephalus m (feminine -cephala, neuter -cephalum)

From Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή f (kephalḗ, “head”), with the Latin suffix -us m.


(Internet slang, vulgar) Represents the anus.