| CopA ATPase | <enzyme> A p-type cation-transporting atpase involved in copper homeostasis in enterococcus hirae; exhibits sequence similarity to copb (atpase) and human mc1 protein; 727 amino acids, mw 87 kD Registry number: EC 3.6.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| copaiba | The oleoresin of Copaifera officinalis and other species of Copaifera (family Leguminosae), a South American plant; copaiba oil is used as an expectorant, diuretic, and stimulant. Synonym: balsam of copaiba. Origin: Sp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coparaffinate | A mixture of water-insoluble isoparaffinic acids partially neutralised with isooctyl hydroxybenzyldialkyl amines; used as an antifungal agent for external application. (05 Mar 2000) |
| copayment | A provision by which the insured individual shares in the cost of certain expenses. The same as coinsurance. (12 Dec 1998) |
| CopB ATPase | <enzyme> A p-type cation-transporting atpase involved in copper homeostasis in enterococcus hirae; exhibits sequence similarity to copa (atpase) and human mc1 protein; 745 amino acids, mw 93 kD Registry number: EC 3.6.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| copd | A progressive disease process that most commonly results from smoking. COPD is characterised by difficulty breathing, wheezing and a chronic cough. Treatment includes absolute avoidance from smoking, bronchodilators and oxygen for those with advanced disease. Complications include bronchitis, pneumonia and lung cancer. See: emphysema. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cope | 1. The upper half of a flask in the casting art; hence applicable to the upper or cavity side of a denture flask. 2. An act that enables one to adjust to the environmental circumstances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cope's clamp | A clamp used in excision of colon and rectum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Cope, Sir Vincent | <person> English surgeon, 1881-1974. See: Cope's clamp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| copepod | Any member of the order Copepoda. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Copepoda | An order of abundant, free-living, freshwater and marine crustaceans of basic importance in the aquatic food chain in both the marine and freshwater environments; some species are commonly called water fleas. Some are ectoparasites of both cold-blooded and warm-blooded aquatic vertebrates; the parasitic copepods of fish and whales are often highly modified for deep penetration of the skin or for adherence by suckers and hooks (e.g., the fish lice, Argulus). Certain copepods (Cyclops, Diaptomus) are important as intermediate hosts of the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium latum and of the nematode Dracunculus medinensis. Origin: G. Kope, an oar, + pous (pod-), a foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| copia element | A group of transposons whose base sequences are closely related to each other, found in the genome of the fruit fly genus Drosophila. (09 Oct 1997) |
| copia elements | A mobile genetic element with retrovirus-like sequence organization. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coping | 1. A thin metal covering or cap. 2. An adaptive or otherwise successful method of dealing with individual or environmental situations that involve psychologic or physiologic stress or threat. Transfer coping, in dentistry, a metallic, acrylic resin or other covering or cap used to position a die in an impression. (05 Mar 2000) |
| copolymer | A synthetic nucleic acid chain composed of only two nucleotide bases, arranged either in random order (if chain is DNA) or in alternating order (if chain is RNA). A polymer that was made by simultaneously polymerising two or more different monomers. (09 Oct 1997) |