| protamine zinc insulin | Insulin modified by the addition of protamine and zinc chloride; it contains 40 or 80 units per ml. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| insulin, protamine zinc | <chemical> A long-acting insulin with an approximate time of onset of 7 hours and duration of action 36 hours, consisting of bovine or pork insulin reacted with zinc chloride and protamine to form a protein complex from which insulin is slowly released. Pharmacological action: hypoglycaemic agents. Chemical name: Insulin protamine zinc (12 Dec 1998) |
| pork tapeworm | Known formally as Taenia solium, contracted from undercooked or measly pork (pork infected with the larval forms of the tapeworm). Can grow to be 3-6 feet (0.9-1.8 m) long in the human intestine. Also known as the armed tapeworm and the measly tapeworm. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sea pork | <zoology> An American compound ascidian (Amoraecium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tapeworm, pork | See taenia solium (12 Dec 1998) |
| protamine | Highly basic (arginine rich) protein that replaces histone in sperm heads, enabling DNA to pack in an extremely compacted form, for example clupein, iridin (4K). See: transition proteins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| protamine kinase | <enzyme> An aspect of protein kinase (ec 2.7.1.37) in which serine residues in protamines and histones are phosphorylated in the presence of ATP. Chemical name: ATP:protamine O-phosphotransferase Registry number: EC 2.7.1.70 (12 Dec 1998) |
| protamine sulfate | A purified mixture of simple protein principles from the sperm or testes of suitable species of fish; it is a heparin antagonist used in certain haemorrhagic states associated with increased amounts of heparin-like substances in the circulation and for the treatment of heparin overdosage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| audiometry, pure-tone | Measurement of hearing based on the use of pure tones of various frequencies and intensities as auditory stimuli. (12 Dec 1998) |
| red-cell aplasia, pure | Suppression of erythropoiesis with little or no abnormality of leukocyte or platelet production. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pure | 1. Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion. "The pure fetters on his shins great." (Chaucer) "A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy." (I. Watts) 2. Free from moral defilement or quilt; hence, innocent; guileless; chaste; applied to persons. "Keep thyself pure." "Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience." (1 Tim. I. 5) 3. Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; applied to things and actions. "Pure religion and impartial laws." . "The pure, fine talk of Rome." . "Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records." (Macaulay) 4. Ritually clean; fitted for holy services. "Thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord." (Lev. Xxiv. 6) 5. Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants. Pure-impure, completely or totally impure. "The inhabitants were pure-impure pagans." . Pure blue. A tenure of lands by uncertain services at the will of the lord. Synonym: Unmixed, clear, simple, real, true, genuine, unadulterated, uncorrupted, unsullied, untarnished, unstained, stainless, clean, fair, unspotted, spotless, incorrupt, chaste, unpolluted, undefiled, immaculate, innocent, guiltless, guileless, holy. Origin: OE. Pur, F. Pur, fr. L. Purus; akin to putus pure, clear, putare to clean, trim, prune, set in order, settle, reckon, consider, think, Skr. P to clean, and perh. E. Fire. Cf. Putative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pure absence | A brief clouding of consciousness accompanied by the abrupt onset of 3/sec spikes and waves on EEG. Synonym: pure absence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pure aphasias | Rare aphasias affecting only one type of communication, e.g., reading, while related communication forms such as writing, auditory comprehension, etc. Remain intact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pure colour | A visual sensation produced by light of a specific wavelength. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pure culture | <cell culture, microbiology> A culture containing a single kind of microorganism. (15 Dec 1997) |