| PICU | pediatric intensive care unit; pulmonary intensive care unit |
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| PSU | photosynthetic unit; primary sampling unit |
| PU | palindromic unit; passed urine; pepsin unit; peptic ulcer; pregnancy urine; 6-propyluracil; prostati... |
| RTU | real-time ultrasonography; relative time unit; renal transplantation unit |
| SCU | self-care unit; special care unit |
| amitriptyline hydrochloride | Chemically and pharmacologically related to imipramine hydrochloride; an antidepressant agent with mild tranquillising properties, used in the treatment of mental depression and in the depressive phase of manic-depressive states; sometimes used in the treatment of sleep disorders. Chemical name: 10,11-Dihydro-N,N-dimethyl-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-d]cycloheptene-d5,gamma-propylamine hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| amodiaquine hydrochloride | 4-(7-Chloro-4-quinolylamino)-alpha-diethylamino-o-cresol dihydrochloride dihydrate;an antimalarial drug, also used in the treatment of amoebic hepatitis; large doses may result in sialorrhoea, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, insomnia, palpitations, spasticity, and possibly convulsions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amylocaine hydrochloride | 1-(Dimethylaminomethyl)-1-methylpropyl benzoate hydrochloride; benzoylethyldimethylaminopropanol hydrochloride;an early local anaesthetic once widely used but eventually abandoned because of side effects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aneurine hydrochloride | A coenzyme used in the prevention of beriberi and other conditions associated with a deficiency of thiamin in the diet. Synonym: aneurine hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| antazoline hydrochloride | 2-(N-benzylanilino-methyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride;a histamine-antagonizing agent used in treating allergy; also available as antazoline hydrochloride phosphate. Synonym: phenazoline hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apomorphine hydrochloride | C17H17NO2-HC1;a derivative of morphine used as an emetic by the parenteral route of administration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arginine hydrochloride | A form of arginine used for intravenous administration as an adjunct in the treatment of encephalopathies associated with liver diseases and ammoniacal azotemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atebrine hydrochloride | An acridine derivative, C23H30ClN3O-2HCl-2H2O, used as an antimalarial that destroys the trophozoites of Plasmodium vivax and P. Falciparum, but does not affect the gametocytes, sporozoites, or exoerythrocytic stage of parasites; also used as an anthelmintic. As a dihydrochloride, it is used as a stain in cytogenetics to demonstrate Y chromatin by fluorescent microscopy. Quinacrine hydrochloride intercalates with DNA and also uncouples oxidative and photophosphorylation. Synonym: atebrine hydrochloride, mepacrine hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| azacyclonol hydrochloride | Gamma-Pipradol hydrochloride; a,alpha-diphenyl-4-piperidine-methanol hydrochloride;a structural isomer of pipradol hydrochloride partially antagonistic to its actions, used with varying results in the treatment of hallucinations and confusion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bacampicillin hydrochloride | 1-(Ethoxycarbonyloxy)ethyl(6R)-6-(alpha-d-phenylglycylamino)penicillanate hydrochloride;a semisynthetic penicillin with the same activity and uses as ampicillin, but better absorbed on oral administration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bamifylline hydrochloride | 8-Benzyl-7-2-[ethyl(2-hydroxyethyl)amino] ethyltheophylline hydrochloride;a vasodilator and smooth muscle relaxant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| becanthone hydrochloride | 1-[2-[Ethyl(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl)amino]ethyl]amino-4-methylthioxanthen-9-one;a schistosomicide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benactyzine hydrochloride | 2-Diethylaminoethyl benzilate hydrochloride;an anticholinergic drug with the same actions but with approximately only one-fifth the activity of atropine; it is thought to raise the threshold of emotional reaction to external stimuli; now rarely used as a psychotherapeutic and tranquillising agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benzindamine hydrochloride | 1-benzyl-3-[3-dimethylamino)propoxy]-1H-indazole;an analgesic and antipyretic. Synonym: benzindamine hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benzphetamine hydrochloride | N-Benzyl-N,alpha-dimethylphenethylamine hydrochloride;a sympathomimetic agent used as an anorexiant. (05 Mar 2000) |