| pneumococcal polysaccharide | A soluble type-specific polysaccharide produced during active growth of virulent pneumococci composing a large part of the capsule. Synonym: pneumococcal polysaccharide, soluble specific substance, specific soluble polysaccharide, specific soluble sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| polysaccharide | <biochemistry> Polymers of (arbitrarily) more than about ten monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically in branched or unbranched chains. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polysaccharide deacetylase | <enzyme> Involved in bacteriophage penetration of bacteria Registry number: EC 3.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| polysaccharide-lyases | <enzyme> A group of carbon-oxygen lyases. These enzymes catalyze the breakage of a carbon-oxygen bond in polysaccharides leading to an unsaturated product and the elimination of an alcohol. Registry number: EC 4.2.2. (12 Dec 1998) |
| polysaccharide pyruvyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the pyruvylation of capsular polysaccharides; phosphoenolpyruvate is donor at the lipid-bound saccharide stage of various bacterial polysaccharides Registry number: EC 2.2.1.- Synonym: capsular polysaccharide pyruvyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| polysaccharide sulfate esters | Sulfate esters of polysaccharides often found in cell walls. (05 Mar 2000) |
| C polysaccharide | <microbiology> Polysaccharide released by pneumococci which contains galactosamine 6 phosphate and phosphoryl choline. C-reactive protein is so called because it will precipitate this polysaccharide through an interaction with the phosphoryl choline. (18 Nov 1997) |
| specific soluble polysaccharide | A soluble type-specific polysaccharide produced during active growth of virulent pneumococci composing a large part of the capsule. Synonym: pneumococcal polysaccharide, soluble specific substance, specific soluble polysaccharide, specific soluble sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular | Relating to any capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular advancement | The surgical reattachment of the anterior portion of Tenon's capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular antigen | That found only in the capsules of certain microorganisms; e.g., the specific polysaccharides of various types of pneumococci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular branches of renal artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches arising from the renal artery outside of the kidney that are distributed to the renal capsule. Synonym: rami capsulares arteriae renalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular cataract | A cataract in which the opacity affects the capsule only. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular cirrhosis of liver | Chronic perihepatitis with thickening and subsequent contraction, resulting in atrophy and deformity of the liver. Synonym: capsular cirrhosis of liver. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular flap pyeloplasty | A reconstructive procedure for correction of uteropelvic obstruction, whereby a flap of renal capsule is swung down from the renal hilus to enlarge an obstructed intrarenal pelvis and upper ureter; used to correct situations involving loss of renal pelvic tissue which preclude the use of renal pelvis for the reconstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |