| docusate calcium | Calcium salt of bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate;a surface-active agent used in the treatment of constipation as a nonlaxative faecal softener. Synonym: dioctyl calcium sulfosuccinate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| docusate sodium | Bis-2-ethylhexyl sodium sulfosuccinate;a surface-active agent used as a dispersing agent in topically applied preparations. After oral administration it lowers the surface tension of the gastrointestinal tract and is used in the treatment of constipation. Synonym: dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plus | 1. <mathematics> More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; opposed to minus. 2. Hence, in a literary sense, additional; real; actual. "Success goes invariably with a certain plus or positive power." (Emerson) 3. <mathematics> Plus sign, the sign (+) which denotes addition, or a positive quantity. Origin: L, more; akin to Gr, and cf. Piu, Pleonasm. (11 Mar 1998) |
| plus lens | A converging lens. Synonym: plus lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plus strand | See: replicative form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluorescence plus Giemsa stain | <technique> A stain used to demonstrate sister chromatid exchange; cells are grown in 5-bromodeoxyuridine, followed by chromosome preparation, staining in Hoechst 33258, exposure to light, and staining in Giemsa; chromosomes exhibit a "harlequin" appearance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey-pot | <zoology> The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cracked-pot resonance | A peculiar sound, resembling that heard on striking a cracked pot, elicited on percussing over a pulmonary cavity that commmunicates with a bronchial tube, when the patient's mouth is open. Synonym: cracked-pot sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cracked-pot sound | A peculiar sound, resembling that heard on striking a cracked pot, elicited on percussing over a pulmonary cavity that commmunicates with a bronchial tube, when the patient's mouth is open. Synonym: cracked-pot sound. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pot | To place or inclose in pots; as: To preserve seasoned in pots. "Potted fowl and fish." . To set out or cover in pots; as, potted plants or bulbs. To drain; as, to pot sugar, by taking it from the cooler, and placing it in hogsheads, etc, having perforated heads, through which the molasses drains off. To pocket. Origin: Potted; Potting. 1. A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot. 2. An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. 3. The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. "Give her a pot and a cake." 4. A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. 5. A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. 6. A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. 7. A perforated cask for draining sugar. 8. A size of paper. See Pott. Jack pot. See Jack. Pot cheese, cottage cheese. See Cottage. Pot companion, a companion in drinking. Pot hanger, a pothook. Pot herb, any plant, the leaves or stems of which are boiled for food, as spinach, lamb's-quarters, purslane, and many others. Pot hunter, one who kills anything and everything that will help to fill has bag; also, a hunter who shoots game for the table or for the market. Pot metal. The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron. An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts. A kind of stained glass, the colours of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot. <botany> Pot plant, a noria. To go to pot, to go to destruction; to come to an end of usefulness; to become refuse. Origin: Akin to LG. Pott, D. Pot, Dan. Potte, Sw. Potta, Icel. Pottr, F. Pot; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pot curare | (curare stored in clay pots), curare from Chondodendron sp.; not highly poisonous. (05 Mar 2000) |
| administration, oral | The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cancer, oral | Cancer of the mouth area. A sore in the mouth that does not heal can be a warning sign of oral cancer. A biopsy is the only to know whether as abnormal area in the oral cavity is cancer. Oral cancer is caused by tobacco (smoking and chewing) and alcohol use. Surgery to remove the tumour in the mouth is the usual treatment for patients with oral cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| candidiasis, oral | Infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth by a fungus of the genus candida. (12 Dec 1998) |
| canine oral papilloma | Warts affecting mucous membranes of young dogs; caused by a papillomavirus. (05 Mar 2000) |