| CAR kinase | <enzyme> Phosphorylates the camp chemotactic receptor of dictyostelium discoideum; can utilise either ATP or GTP, but ATP is much more efficient Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: chemotactic receptor kinase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| car sickness | A form of motion sickness caused by riding on a train or in an automobile or bus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carabelli tubercle | A small tubercle, resembling a supernumerary cusp, found occasionally on the lingual surface of the mesiolingual cusp of a permanent maxillary first molar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Carabelli, Georg | <person> Austrian dentist, 1787-1842. See: cusp of Carabelli, Carabelli tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caramel | Burnt sugar; a concentrated solution of the substance obtained by heating sugar with an alkali; a thick, dark brown liquid used as a colouring and flavoring agent in pharmaceutical preparations. Origin: Sp., fr. L.L. Calamellus, fr. L. Calamus, reed (05 Mar 2000) |
| caramiphen ethanedisulfonate | Diethylaminoethyl 1-phenylcyclopentanecarboxylate ethanedisulfonate;an antitussive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caramiphen hydrochloride | Diethylaminoethyl-1-phenylcyclopentane-1-carboxylate hydrochloride;a synthetic spasmolytic drug; used in the treatment of diseases of the basal ganglia, e.g., parkinsonism and hepatolenticular degeneration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Caraparu virus | A species of C group Bunyavirus and an agent of bunyavirus encephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carate | An infectious disease of the skin caused by treponema carateum that occurs only in the western hemisphere. Age of onset is between 10 and 20 years of age. This condition is characterised by marked changes in the skin colour and is believed to be transmitted by direct person-to-person contact. (12 Dec 1998) |
| carb- | <prefix> Prefixes indicating carbon, especially the attachment of a group containing a carbon atom. Origin: L. Carbo, charcoal (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbachol | <drug> Parasympathomimetic drug formed by substituting the acetyl of acetylcholine with a carbamyl group, acts on both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors and is not hydrolysed by acetylcholine esterase. (18 Nov 1997) |
| carbacrylamine resins | A mixture of the cation-exchange resin's, carbacrylic resin and potassium carbacrylic resin (87.5%) and of the anion-exchange resin, polyamine-methylene resin (12.5%), used to increase the faecal excretion of sodium in oedema associated with excessive sodium retention by the kidneys, e.g., in congestive heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, and nephrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbadox | <chemical> An antibacterial agent that has been used in veterinary practice for treating swine dysentery and enteritis and for promoting growth. However, its use has been prohibited in the uk following reports of carcinogenicity and mutagenicity. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, anti-infective agents, local, carcinogens, mutagens. Chemical name: Hydrazinecarboxylic acid, (2-quinoxalinylmethylene)-, methyl ester, N,N'-dioxide (12 Dec 1998) |
| carbamate | 1. A salt or ester of carbamic acid forming the basis of urethane hypnotics. 2. A group of cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides resembling organophosphates; the most frequent carbamate is carbaril. Synonym: carbamoate, carbaril. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbamate hydrolase | <enzyme> From arthrobacter oxydans p52; specific for herbicide phenmedipham and desmedipham as well as 4-nitrophenylbutyrate; hydrolyzes the carbamate linkage; amino acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- Synonym: phenylcarbamate hydrolase, phenmedipham hydrolase, phenmedipham carbamate hydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |