| nog | 1. A wooden block, of the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork. 2. One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. 3. A treenail to fasten the shores. Origin: Etymol. Uncertain. 1. To fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork. 2. To fasten, as shores, with treenails. Origin: From Nog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| nogalamycin | <chemical> An antineoplastic agent from a streptomyces nogalater variant. It is a cytolytic antibiotic that inhibits DNA-dependent RNA synthesis by binding to DNA and has some antibacterial action. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, anthracycline, intercalating agents, nucleic acid synthesis inhibitors. Chemical name: 2,6-Epoxy-2H-naphthaceno(1,2-b)oxocin-14-carboxylic acid, 11-((6-deoxy-3-C-methyl-2,3,4-tri-O-methyl-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)oxy)-4-(dimethylamino)-3,4,5,6,9,11,12,13,14,16-decahydro-3,5,8,10,13-pentahydroxy-6,13-dimethyl-9,16-dioxo-, methyl ester, (2R-(2alpha,3beta,4alpha,5beta,6alpha,11beta,13alpha,14alpha))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| noggin | 1. A small mug or cup. 2. A measure equivalent to a gill. Origin: Ir. Noigin, or Gael. Noigean. Cf. Lst Nog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| nogging | Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building. Origin: From Nog. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Noguchia | A genus of aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, motile, peritrichous bacteria (family Brucellaceae) containing small, slender, Gram-negative, encapsulated rods. These organisms are present in the conjunctiva of man and other animals affected by a follicular type of disease. The type species is Noguchia granulosis. Origin: Hideyo Noguchi, Japanese bacteriologist, 1876-1928 (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noguchia cuniculi | A species which causes conjunctival folliculosis in rabbits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noguchia granulosis | A species regarded by some as a cause of trachoma in man; it produces a granular conjunctivitis in monkeys and apes; it is the type species of the genus Noguchia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Noguchia simiae | A species which causes conjunctival folliculosis in monkeys (Macacus rhesus). (05 Mar 2000) |