| purification |
the act of cleaning by getting rid of impurities refining: the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.) a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites the act of purging of sin or guilt; moral or spiritual cleansing; "purification through repentance"
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| Purinethol |
mercaptopurine: a drug (trade name Purinethol) that interferes with the metabolism of purine and is used to treat acute lymphocytic leukemia
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| purified animal charcoal |
charcoal prepared from bone and purified by removal of materials dissolved by hot hydrochloric acid and water; adsorbent and decolorizer.
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| purine analogue |
a structural analogue of one of the purine bases (purine, adenine, or guanine): 6-mercaptopurine and 6-thioguanine are used as antineoplastics, azathioprine as an immunosuppressive; the antiviral agent vidarabine (adenine arabinoside) is an analogue of the adenine nucleoside adenosine.
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| purified protein derivative |
Material used in the tuberculin skin test (see Tuberculin Skin Test); the most common test for exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes TB. PPD is sometimes used synonymously with TST. In the PPD test, a small amount of TB protein is injected under the skin. If patients have been previously infected, they will mount a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction, characterized by a hard red bump called an induration.
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