| paralytic shellfish poisoning toxin carbamoylase | <enzyme> Hydrolytic enzyme from shellfish converts saxitoxin, neosaxitoxin, gonyautoxins 1 - 4 to the corresponding decarbamoyl toxins Registry number: EC 3.1.1.- Synonym: pcp toxin carbamoylase, saxitoxin carbamoylase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| shellfish | <zoology> Any aquatic animal whose external covering consists of a shell, either testaceous, as in oysters, clams, and other mollusks, or crustaceous, as in lobsters and crabs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| paralytic | A person affected with paralysis. 1. Of or pertaining to paralysis; resembling paralysis. 2. Affected with paralysis, or palsy. "The cold, shaking, paralytic hand." (Prior) 3. Inclined or tending to paralysis. <physiology> Paralytic secretion, the fluid, generally thin and watery, secreted from a gland after section or paralysis of its nerves, as the pralytic saliva. Origin: L. Paralyticus, Gr., cf. F. Paralytique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| paralytic dementia | Dementia and paralysis resulting from a chronic syphilitic meningoencephalitis. Synonym: dementia paralytica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralytic ectropion | Ectropion of the lower eyelid following paralysis of the orbicularis oculi muscle. Synonym: flaccid ectropion, paralytic ectropion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralytic ileus | <gastroenterology, surgery> Paralysis or inactivity of the intestine that prohibits the passage of material within the intestine. May be the result of anticholinergic drugs, injury or illness. Paralytic ileus is a typical occurrence post surgically. Patients may complain of constipation and bloating. (27 Sep 1997) |
| paralytic mydriasis | Pupillary dilation due to paralysis of the sphincter muscle of the pupil induced by anticholinergic drugs given topically or systemically, or resulting from lesions of the oculomotor nucleus or nerve, contusion of the eyeball, or glaucoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralytic myoglobinuria | azoturia of horses |
| paralytic rabies | A form or stage of rabies marked by paralytic symptoms. Synonym: dumb rabies. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralytic scoliosis | Lateral curvature of the spine due to paralysis of spinal muscles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| paralytic strabismus | Strabismus due to weakness of an ocular muscle or muscles. Synonym: incomitant strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic paralytic vertigo | A paroxysmal attack of severe vertigo, not accompanied by deafness or tinnitus, which affects young to middle-aged adults, often following a non-specific upper respiratory infection; due to unilateral vestibular dysfunction. Synonym: endemic paralytic vertigo, epidemic vertigo, Gerlier's disease, kubisagari, kubisagaru, paralyzing vertigo. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ackee poisoning | An acute and frequently fatal vomiting disease associated with central nervous system symptoms and marked hypoglycaemia, caused by eating unripe ackee fruit of Blighia spaida, a tree common in Jamaica. Synonym: Jamaican vomiting sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arsenic poisoning | A severe poisoning that occurs after the exposure (ingested or inhaled). Signs and symptoms include: nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, rapid heart rate, apprehension and difficulty breathing. (27 Sep 1997) |
| bacterial food poisoning | A term commonly used to refer to conditions limited to enteritis or gastroenteritis (excluding the enteric fevers and the dysenteries) caused by bacterial multiplication per se or by a soluble bacterial exotoxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| blister beetle poisoning | Poisoning, most often of horses, by ingestion of blister beetles (Epicauta spp.) in hay; the causative toxin is cantharidin, which produces salivation, shock, pollakiuria, and colic. (05 Mar 2000) |