| martial arts | Activities in which participants learn self-defense mainly through the use of hand-to-hand combat. Judo involves throwing an opponent to the ground while karate (which includes kung fu and tae kwon do) involves kicking and punching an opponent. T'ai chi is also a form of meditative exercise through methodically slow circular stretching movements and positions of body balance. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| language arts | Skills in the use of language which lead to proficiency in written or spoken communication. (12 Dec 1998) |
| maladie des jambes | Ill-defined disease seen among rice-growers in Louisiana. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peste des petits ruminants virus | A highly contagious systemic disease of sheep and goats in West Africa, caused by a morbillivirus called peste des petits ruminants virus. It is characterised by fever, anorexia, a necrotic stomatitis with gingivitis, diarrhoea and can often cause a severe, often fatal enteritis and pneumonia. (20 Sep 2002) |
| complement 5a, des-arginine | Complement 5a with the carboxy-terminal arginine removed. The arginine is rapidly cleaved from the c5a fragment during complement activation by carboxypeptidase b present in normal human serum. C5a des-arg shows complete loss of spasmogenic activity though it retains some chemotactic ability. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Corvisart des Marets | Baron Jean N., French clinician, 1755-1821. See: Corvisart's facies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| DES | <drug> A synthetic oestrogen (originally prescribed to prevent miscarriage) that caused malformations of the reproductive organs in some who were exposed to the drug during foetal development. (09 Oct 1997) |
| des- | <chemistry, prefix> A prefix indicating absence of some component of the principal part of the name; largely replaced by de-(e.g., deoxyribonucleic acid, dehydro-) but retained where "de" could be taken for d or d, as part of "desmo" (e.g., desmosterol), and in such terms as desoxycortone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| des(121-124)-ribonuclease | <enzyme> Deriv of ribonuclease EC 3.1.4.22 Registry number: EC 3.1.4.- Synonym: des(121-124)-rnase (26 Jun 1999) |