| COC | <abbreviation> Cathodal opening contraction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| coca | Any of several south american shrubs of the erythroxylon genus (and family) that yield cocaine; the leaves are chewed with alum for CNS stimulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cocaine | <drug> Drug of abuse and psychostimulant that acts to increase extraneuronal dopamine in midbrain by binding to the dopamine uptake transporter and hence inhibiting dopamine reuptake at the plasma membrane. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cocaine abuse | <psychiatry> Cocaine is an alkaloid, derived from the coca plant. It is used medicinally as a topical anaesthetic (commonly in the nose). It may cause agitation, disorientation and convulsions. Cocaine is a commonly abused street drug and can lead to addictive behaviour. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cocaine esterase | <enzyme> Aspect of carboxylesterase Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- Synonym: (-)-cocaine-3-acylhydrolase, cocaine carboxylesterase (26 Jun 1999) |
| cocaine-related disorder | <psychiatry> Disorders related or resulting from use of cocaine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cocainization | <anaesthetics> Production of topical anaesthesia of mucous membranes by the application of cocaine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cocarboxylase | The diphosphoric ester of thiamin, a coenzyme of several (de)carboxylases, transketolases, and alpha-oxoacid dehydrogenases. Synonym: aneurine pyrophosphate, cocarboxylase, diphosphothiamin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cocarcinogen | <oncology> A substance that works symbiotically with a carcinogen in the production of cancer. A helper in the role of a carcinogen. A substances that, though not carcinogenic in its own right, potentiates the activity of a carcinogen. They differ from tumour promotors in requiring to be present concurrently with the carcinogen. (21 Jun 2000) |
| cocarcinogenesis | <oncology> The combination of two or more different factors in the production of cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Coccaceae | <microbiology> An obsolete term for a family of Eubacteriales which included all the spherical cells dividing in one (Streptococcus), two (Micrococcus), or three (Sarcina) planes, then forming cells, pairs, tetrads, cubes or larger packets, or chains. Origin: G. Kokkos, a berry (05 Mar 2000) |
| coccal | <microbiology> Relating to cocci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cocci | <microbiology> Bacteria with a spherical shape. (18 Nov 1997) |
| coccidia | <protozoa> A subclass of protozoans commonly parasitic in the epithelial cells of the intestinal tract but also found in the liver and other organs. Its organisms are found in both vertebrates and higher invertebrates and comprise three orders: agamococcidiida, protococcidiida, and eucoccidiida. (12 Dec 1998) |
| coccidia of cattle | Eimeria zuernii, the species most often associated with clinical cases of coccidiosis in calves and young adults; found in the caecum and lower bowel, and sometimes in the small intestine. Eimeria bovis, a species that occurs principally in the small intestine causes clinically recognizable disease; many less common species have been described. Synonym: coccidia of cattle. (05 Mar 2000) |