LIMSWiki:Glossary

This glossary represent a slightly more organized listing of available and planned non-vendor articles in this wiki. Article titles have been sorted into broad categories, as seen in the table of contents to the right. Artice titles in red represent non-existent but planned articles.

Note: For vendor content, go to the vendor classes page. (As of August 2014 only the software-based vendor pages are populated; the research and loading of laboratory equipment vendors is a back-burner project.)

Branches of science

Anatomical pathology
Biotechnology
Clinical chemistry
Clinical pathology
Cryogenics
Cytopathology
Forensic science
Genomics
Hematology
Histology
Histopathology
Proteomics
Radiopharmacology

Business and data management

Customer relationship management
Enterprise content management

Departments and agencies

National Cancer Institute
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Institutes of Health
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Health and Human Services
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Industries

Agriculture industry
Chemical industry
Life sciences industry
Life sciences life cycle

Informatics fields

Archival informatics
Biodiversity informatics
Bioimage informatics
Bioinformatics
Cancer informatics
Chemical informatics
Computational informatics
Consumer health informatics
Education informatics
Engineering informatics
Environmental informatics
Evolutionary informatics
Forest informatics
Genome informatics
Geoinformatics
Health informatics
Hydroinformatics
Imaging informatics
Infectious disease informatics
Informatics (academic field)
Laboratory informatics
Materials informatics
Neuroinformatics
Pharmacoinformatics
Public health informatics
Social informatics
Translational research informatics

Laboratory instruments

Autoclave
Bioreactor
Biosafety cabinet
Blood gas analyzer
Calorimeter
Cell counter
Centrifugal evaporator
Centrifuge
Chemistry analyzer
Coagulation analyzer
Confocal microscope
Cryoscope
Denuder
Digital microscope
Dilatometer
Electron microscope
Environmental chamber
Evaporator
Flame photometric detector
Fraction collector
Fume hood
Glove box
Heated bath
Homogenizer
Hot plate
Incubator
Laboratory furnace
Laboratory glassware washer
Laboratory oven
Laboratory refrigerator
Laboratory freezer
Laboratory water bath
Magnetic stirrer
Microarray scanner
Microscope
Microspectrometer
Microtiter plate
Microtome
Nephelometer
Osmometer
Overhead stirrer
pH Meter
Pipette
Plate reader
Polarimeter
Pulverizer
Refractometer
Rheometer
Rotary evaporator
Shaker
Spectrometer
Spectrophotometer
Stereo microscope
Thermal cycler
Tissue grinder
Tissue processor
Titrator
Ultrasonic cleaner
Vacuum pump
Viscometer
Weighing scale

Laboratory types

Clinical laboratory
Laboratory
Physician office laboratory
Public health laboratory
Reference laboratory

Medical settings

Ambulatory surgery center
Assisted living facility
Biobank
Cleanroom
Comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility
End-stage renal disease facility
Federally qualified health center
Home health agency
Hospital
Rural health clinic
Skilled nursing facility

Organizations, committees, and trade associations

ACIL
ASC X12
ASTM International
American National Standards Institute
Health Level 7
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
International Electrotechnical Commission
International Organization for Standardization
The American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board
The NELAC Institute

Regulations and standards

21 CFR Part 11
40 CFR Part 3
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
DICOM
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Good Automated Laboratory Practices
Good Automated Manufacturing Practice
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ISO/IEC 17025
ISO/TS 16949
ISO 9000
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
Staged Electronic Data Deliverable

Regulatory terms

Audit trail
Certificate of analysis
Certificate of compliance
Chain of custody
Checksum
Data auditing
Specification
Standard operating procedure

Science terms

Chemical compound
Chemiluminescence
Circular dichroism
Concentration
DNA microarray
Electrophoresis
Electroporation
Information
Laboratory automation
Laboratory notebook
Laboratory technique
Peptide synthesis
Principal investigator
Research
Scientific method
Translational research
X-ray
X-ray fluorescence

Scientific techniques

Atomic absorption spectroscopy
Capillary electrophoresis
Capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry
Chromatography
Circular dichroism spectroscopy
Confocal microscopy
DNA sequencing
Data analysis
Dielectric thermal analysis
Differential thermal analysis
Dissolution testing
Distillation
Dynamic mechanical analysis
ELISA
Elemental analysis
Evolved gas analysis
Fast protein liquid chromatography
Flow cytometry
Flow injection analysis
Fluorescence spectrophotometry
Fluorescence spectroscopy
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
Fractionation
Freeze-drying
Gas chromatography
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
Gel permeation chromatography
High-performance liquid chromatography
In vitro fertilization
Infrared spectroscopy
Ion chromatography
Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry
Medical imaging
Microscopy
Moisture analysis
Molecular imaging
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Particle-size analysis
Polymerase chain reaction
Positron emission tomography
Preparative high-performance liquid chromatography
Protein sequencing
Raman spectroscopy
Sample preparation (analytical chemistry)
Sequencing
Sonication
Spectroscopy
Spray drying
Supercritical fluid chromatography
Tandem mass spectrometry
Thermal analysis
Thermogravimetric analysis
Thermomechanical analysis
Thin layer chromatography
Time-of-flight mass spectrometry
Ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy
X-ray scattering techniques

Software systems

Chromatography data management system
Clinical data management system
Electronic health record
Electronic laboratory notebook
Electronic medical record
Geographic information system
Hospital information system
Issue tracking system
Laboratory execution system
Laboratory information management system
Laboratory information system
Patient information management system
Picture archiving and communication system
Radiology information system
Scientific data management system

Software terms

Application programming interface
Cloud computing
Concurrent user
Dashboard
Data
Data generator
Data requestor
Data system
Data warehouse
Electronic data deliverable
Electronic data interchange
Extensible markup language
Fault tolerance
ODBC
Off-the-shelf component
Request for information
SMARTS
SMILES
Software
Software as a service

Testing terminology

Acceptance testing
Accessioning
Accuracy
Acid reaction
Agent
Aliquot
Analysis
Analyte
Assay
Barcode
Batch
Bias
Blank
Blank spike
Blank spike duplicate
Calibration factor
Characterization
Correction factor
Counting error
Detection limit
Dilution factor
Drift
Duplicate
Equipment batch
Expected result
Expected result uncertainty
Field sample identification
Final amount
Handling
Handling batch
Immunoassay
Instrumental analysis
Interface group
Lab reporting batch
Method
Method batch
Method quality control sample
Non-client sample
Out of specification
Peak comparison
Preparation
Preparation batch
Preparation plus cleanup
Reagent
Reported result
Run batch
Sample
Sample plus method
Sample tracking
Sampling batch
Serial dilution
Shipping batch
Spike
Spike duplicate
Storage batch
Test
Test method
Test plan
Total organic carbon
Workflow
Workflow trigger