| budesonide | <chemical> A glucocorticoid used in the management of asthma, the treatment of various skin disorders, and allergic rhinitis. Pharmacological action: steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, bronchodilator agents, glucocorticoids, topical. Chemical name: Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione,16,17-(butylidenebis(oxy))-11,21-dihydroxy-, (11beta,16alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
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| spray | A liquid minutely divided or nebulised as by a jet of air of steam. (18 Nov 1997) |
| flower-spray ending | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |
| flower-spray organ of Ruffini | One of the two types of sensory nerve ending associated with the neuromuscular spindle (the other being the annulospiral ending); in this type, the fibre branches spread out upon the surface of the intrafusal fibres like a spray of flowers. Synonym: flower-spray organ of Ruffini. (05 Mar 2000) |