| GU | <anatomy> Pertaining to the genital and urinary organs, urogenital, urinosexual. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| Gua | <biochemistry, molecular biology> One of the constituent bases of nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides. (18 Nov 1997) |
| guacharo | <zoology> A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. Steatornis); called also oilbird. It resembles the goatsuckers and nighthawks, but feeds on fruits, and nests in caverns. A pure oil, used in place of butter, is extracted from the young by the natives. Origin: Cf. Sp. Guacharo sickly, dropsical, guacharaca a sort of bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| guacho | Origin: Spanish American. 1. One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo. 2. An Indian who serves as a messenger. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| guaco | <botany> A plant (Aristolochia anguicida) of Carthagena, used as an antidote to serpent bites. The Mikania Guaco, of Brazil, used for the same purpose. Origin: Sp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| guadeloupe | The name of two islands of the west indies, separated by a narrow channel. Their capital is basse-terre. They were discovered by columbus in 1493, occupied by the french in 1635, held by the british at various times between 1759 and 1813, transferred to sweden in 1813, and restored to france in 1816. Its status was changed from colony to a french overseas department in 1946. Columbus named it in honor of the monastery of santa maria de guadalupe in spain. (12 Dec 1998) |
| guaiac | <chemical> Resin from wood of guajacum officinale l. Or g. Sanctum l., family zygophyllaceae. Used as clinical reagent for occult blood. Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents. Chemical name: Guaiacum (resin) (12 Dec 1998) |
| guaiac gum | <chemical> Resin from wood of guajacum officinale l. Or g. Sanctum l., family zygophyllaceae. Used as clinical reagent for occult blood. Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents. Chemical name: Guaiacum (resin) (12 Dec 1998) |
| guaiac test | Glacial acetic acid, gum guaiac solution, and hydrogen peroxide are added to an aqueous suspension of the suspected stain; if occult blood or blood pigment is present, a blue colour develops. Synonym: guaiac test, Schonbein's test, van Deen's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guaiacin | Guaiac saponin, a constituent of guiac used as a reagent for oxidases, with which it gives a blue colour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guaiacol | <chemical> An agent thought to have disinfectant properties and used as an expectorant. Pharmacological action: disinfectants, expectorants. Chemical name: Phenol, 2-methoxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| guaiacol glyceryl ether | <chemical> 3-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-1,2-propanediol. An expectorant that also has some muscle relaxing action. It is used in many cough preparations. Pharmacological action: expectorants. Chemical name: 1,2-Propanediol, 3-(2-methoxyphenoxy)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| guaiacol phosphate | Phosphoric guaiacyl ether, a white crystalline powder, insoluble in water; used as an intestinal antiseptic and in fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| guaiacum | 1. <botany> A genus of small, crooked trees, growing in tropical America. 2. The heart wood or the resin of the Guaiacum offinale or lignum-vitae, a large tree of the West Indies and Central America. It is much used in medicine. Alternative forms: guaiac. Origin: NL, fr. Sp. Guayaco, from native name in Hayti. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| guaiacylglycerol beta-O-4-guaiacyl ether dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Nad+ required; forms the corresponding ketone at the alpha carbon of the glycerol side chain Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- Synonym: gge dehydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |