| asbestos corn | A granulomatous or hyperkeratotic lesion of the skin at the site of deposit of asbestos particles. Synonym: asbestos wart. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| broom corn | <botany> A variety of Sorghum vulgare, having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long branches, of which brooms are made. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| guinea corn yaws | A form of yaws in which the lesions resemble grains of Indian corn. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corn | A species of tall cereal grass, zea mays, grown for its seed and used as food and animal fodder. It is also called maise or indian corn. It is a plant of the genus zea of the family gramineae (poaceae), originating in the americas. (12 Dec 1998) |
| corn ergot | A species that resembles ergot of rye in its metabolic action; its black spores on the ears of corn are dispersed by wind and can cause contamination of laboratory cultures. Synonym: corn ergot, corn smut, Ustilago zeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| corn oil | <chemical> Oil from corn or corn plant. Chemical name: Corn oil (12 Dec 1998) |
| corn smut | A species that resembles ergot of rye in its metabolic action; its black spores on the ears of corn are dispersed by wind and can cause contamination of laboratory cultures. Synonym: corn ergot, corn smut, Ustilago zeae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hard corn | The usual form of corn over a toe joint. Synonym: heloma durum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea corn | <zoology> A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| seed corn | A papilloma or wart on the sole of the foot. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soft corn | <dermatology> A corn formed by pressure between two toes, the surface being macerated and yellowish in colour. Synonym: heloma molle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alant starch | <protein> A polysaccharide of variable molecular weight (around 5 kD), that is a polymer of fructofuranose. Widely used as a marker of extracellular space, an indicator of blood volume in insects (by measuring the dilution of the radio label) and in food for diabetics. (18 Nov 1997) |
| animal starch | <biochemistry> Branched polymer of D glucose (mostly _(1-4) linked, but some _(1-6) at branch points). Size range very variable, up to 10exp5 glucose units. Major short term storage polymer of animal cells and is particularly abundant in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle. In the electron microscope glycogen has a characteristic asterisk or star appearance. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cassava starch | A starch from the root of Janipha manihot and other species of J. (family Euphorbiaceae), plants of tropical America; an easily digested starch, free of irritant properties. Synonym: cassava starch. Origin: Braz. Tipioca (05 Mar 2000) |
| moss starch | <chemistry> A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, especially. From Iceland moss. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |