See Also: Tarbuck knot(dictionary)
transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Hypogammaglobulinaemia(medicine)
primary hypogammaglobulinaemia(medicine)
X-linked hypogammaglobulinaemia(medicine)
acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia(medicine)
secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia(medicine)
TRANSIENT(medicine)
transient(dictionary)

transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy (medicine) and Tarbuck knot (iou)


transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy (medicine)


transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy


A type of primary immunodeficiency that occurs in infants of both sexes, usually before the sixth month of life, probably resulting from immaturity of lymphoid tissue.

Synonym: transient agammaglobulinaemia.


Tarbuck knot (iou)



Tarbuck knot noun phr. M20.
[from Kenneth Tarbuck, Brit. mountaineer (b. 1914), who invented it.]
Mountaineering. An adjustable safety knot similar to a prusik knot, but which, when subjected to a sudden heavy load, yields for a very short distance and then locks solid.