Glossary

A graph made to show how much material is carried out of the column by the eluent in column chromatography over time. The graph will show a number of different peaks; each peak represents a different separated material from the original mixed substance.

The amount of eluent that passes through the column in column chromatography before a particular peak appears in an elution profile (that is, before a specific substance of interest comes out with it).

Environmental Monitoring

Electron Microscopy

Ethylene Methacrylic Acid

European Medicines Agency(formerly known as EMEA)

Ethylene Methyl Acrylate

A legal status conferred upon persons who have not yet attained the age of legal competency as defined by state law (for such purposes as consenting to medical care), but who are entitled to treatment as if they had by virtue of assuming adult responsibilities such as being self-supporting and not living at home, marriage, or procreation.

Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

The sum of the energy requirements associated, directly or indirectly, with the delivery of a good or service. In practice however there are different ways of defining embodied energy depending on the chosen boundaries of the study.

A device which has its own computing power dedicated to specific functions, usually consisting of a microprocessor and firmware. The computer becomes an integral part of the device as opposed to devices which are controlled by an independent, stand-alone computer. It implies software that integrates operating system and application functions.

(IEEE) Software that is part of a larger system and performs some of the requirements of that system; e.g., software used in an aircraft or rapid transit system. Such software does not provide an interface with the user.

The study of the early stages in the development of an organism. In these stages a single highly specialized cell, the egg, is transformed into a complex, many-celled organism resembling its parents.

Early stages of a developing organism, broadly used to refer to stages immediately following fertilization of an egg through implantation and very early pregnancy (i.e., from conception to the eighth week of pregnancy).

Cells that can give rise to any type of differentiated cell. They can be derived from two sources: the inner cell mass from a blastocyt or the primordial germ cells (eggs and sperm) of an older embryo.

Electromagnetic Compatibility

European Medicines Evaluation Agency (now known as EMA)

Electromagnetic Force or Electromotive Force

Electromagnetic Interference

Egress of ingredients or drug product materials from the interior of process equipment.

One of the three Kyoto Protocol emissions trading, by which an Annex/Party may transfer Kyoto units (1 unit = 1 ton CO2 or CO2e) to or acquire units from another Annex/Party. A Party must meet specific eligibility requirements to participate in emissions trading.(also see: Kyoto Protocol)

Relating to or based upon practical experience, trial and error, direct observation or observation alone, without benefit of scientific method, knowledge or theory.

Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome

Environmental Management System