| Eichhorst's corpuscles | The globular forms sometimes occurring in the poikilocytosis of pernicious anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Eichhorst's neuritis | Inflammation of the connective tissue framework of a nerve. Synonym: Eichhorst's neuritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eichhorst, Hermann | <person> Swiss physician, 1849-1921. See: Eichhorst's corpuscles, Eichhorst's neuritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eicken's method | Facilitation of hypopharyngoscopy by means of forward traction on the cricoid cartilage by a laryngeal probe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Eicken, Karl von | <person> German laryngologist, 1873-1960. See: Eicken's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| eicosanoic acids | 20-carbon saturated monocarboxylic acids. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eicosanoid | <pharmacology> Useful generic term for compounds derived from arachidonic acid. Includes leukotrienes, prostacyclin, prostaglandins and thromboxanes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| eicosanoids | A class of oxygenated, endogenous, unsaturated fatty acids derived from arachidonic acid. They include prostaglandins, leukotrienes, thromboxanes, and hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid compounds (hete). They are hormone-like substances that act near the site of synthesis without altering functions throughout the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eicosapentaenoic omega 3-epoxygenase | <enzyme> Forms 17,18-dihydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid from 17(18)-epoxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid; from seminal fluid of primates and sheep Registry number: EC 1.14.13.- Synonym: eicosapentaenoic acid omega3 epoxygenase, ep omega3-epoxygenase (26 Jun 1999) |