| EENT | eye, ear, nose, and throat |
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| EEPI | extraretinal eye position information |
| EMG | electromyogram, electromyography; eye movement gauge; exomphalosmacroglossia-gigantism [syndrome] |
| EMMA | eye movement measuring apparatus |
| EMR | educable mentally retarded; electromagnetic radiation; electronic medical record; emergency mechanic... |
| lazy eye | An eye that diverges in gaze. More formally called strabismus. Can be esotropia (cross-eyed) or exotropia (wall-eyed). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| lens, eye | <microscopy> The lens in an eyepiece nearest to the eye. (05 Aug 1998) |
| light-adapted eye | An eye that has been exposed to light, with bleaching of rhodopsin (visual purple) and insensitivity to low illumination. Synonym: photopic eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Listing's reduced eye | A representation that simplifies calculations of retinal imagery: radius of anterior refracting surface, 5.1 mm; total length, 20 mm; distance of nodal point to retina, 15 mm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetyl phosphate | CH3CO-OPO32-;a "high energy" phosphate that acts as an acetate donor in the metabolism of various bacteria. Synonym: acetic phosphoric anhydride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acidulated phosphate fluoride | <chemical> Phosphoric acid, mixt. With sodium fluoride (naf). A sodium fluoride solution, paste or powder, which has been acidulated to pH 3 to 4 and buffered with a phosphate. It is used in the prevention of dental caries. Pharmacological action: fluorides, topical. Chemical name: Phosphoric acid, mixt. With sodium fluoride (NaF) (12 Dec 1998) |
| acyl dihydroxyacetone phosphate oxidoreductase | <enzyme> Forms acyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate; uses NADPH Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate phosphodiesterase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate forming 5'-AMP. A crucial step in the regulation of cellular adenosine 3',5'-cyclic phosphate levels. Inhibited by caffeine. Synonym: cAMP phosphodiesterase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine 3'-phosphate | 3'-Adenylic acid. See: adenylic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine 3'-phosphate 5'-phosphosulfate | 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate;an intermediate in the formation of urinary ethereal sulfates, notable for containing a "high energy" sulfate bond; the 3'-OH of adenosine is replaced by -OPO3H2, the 5'-OH by -OP(O2H)-OSO3H. Synonym: active sulfate. Acronym: PAPS (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine 5'-phosphate | 5'-Adenylic acid. See: adenylic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenosine cyclic phosphate | An activator of phosphorylase kinase and an effector of other enzymes, formed in muscle from ATP by adenylate cyclase and broken down to 5'-AMP by a phosphodiesterase; sometimes referred to as the "second messenger." A related compound (2',3') is also known. Synonym: cyclic adenylic acid, cyclic AMP, cyclic phosphate. Acronym: cAMP (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkyldihydroxyacetone phosphate acyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses acylation of alkyl-dhap Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: adapat (26 Jun 1999) |
| alkyl dihydroxyacetone phosphate oxidoreductase | <enzyme> Forms alkyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate, uses NADPH Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| alkylglycerone-phosphate synthase | <enzyme> Replaces the acyl moiety of acyldhap with a long chain fatty alcohol; intact alcohol including the oxygen atom is incorporated into alkyl-dhap Registry number: EC 2.5.1.26 Synonym: adhps, alkyl-dihydroxyacetone phosphate synthase, alkyl-dhap synthase, alkyldihydroxyacetone phosphate synthetase, acylglycerone-3-phosphate-long chain-alcohol o-3-phospho-2-oxopropanyl transferase, alkyldihydroxyacetonephosphate synthase (26 Jun 1999) |