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  • Accession

    The addition of germplasm deposits to existing germplasm storage banks.

  • Accident

  • Accidental Release

    The unintentional discharge of a microbiological agent (i.e., microorganism or virus) or eukaryotic cell due to a failure in the containment system. Accidental releases may be de minimis in nature.

  • Acclimatization

    The biological process whereby an organism adapts to a new environment. One example is the process of developing microorganisms that degrade toxic wastes in the environment.

  • ACCME

    Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education

  • Accommodation Schedule

    Defines all areas that can influence unit operations required for manufacturing, and relationships and flows between them.

  • Account Policy

    Specifies how passwords must be defined and employed for all user accounts on a system. It specifically addresses the issues of password aging, password uniqueness, and locking a user account because of invalid logon attempts. CFR 21 Part 11 mandates technical controls in these areas specifically.

  • ACCP

    American College of Clinical Pharmacology

  • Accuracy

    (ICH Q2 (R1)) The accuracy of an analytical procedure expresses the closeness of agreement between the value which is accepted either as a conventional true value or an accepted reference value and the value found.

  • Accuracy

    (IEEE) A qualitative assessment of correctness or freedom from error.

  • Accuracy

    A quantitative measure of the magnitude of error.

  • Accuracy

    (CDRH) The measure of an instrument's capability to approach a true or absolute value. It is a function of precision and bias.

  • Accuracy Study Processor

    A software tool used to perform calculations or determine accuracy of computer manipulated program variables.

  • ACDP

    Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (United Kingdom)

  • ACE

    Application Control Environment

  • ACE

    Automated Commercial Environment (Customs and Border Protection)

  • ACE

    Association of Clinical Embryologists

  • ACE

    Adverse Clinical Event

  • Acellular

    Describing tissues or organisms that are not made up of separate cells but often have more than one nucleus.

  • ACEP

    American College of Emergency Physicians

  • Acetonitrile (ACN)

    The most frequently used solvent in HPLC, commonly used as an eluent.

  • Acetyl

    The acetic acid radical CH3CO

  • Acetylation

    Addition of an acetyl group to a molecule.

  • ACF

    Administration for Children and Families (DHHS)

  • ACG

    American College of Gastroenterology