| coconut | A tropical palm tree, cocos nucifera, that yields large, edible hard-shelled fruit from which oil and fibre are also obtained. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| coconut sound | A sound like that produced when a cracked coconut is tapped; it is elicited by percussing the skull of a patient with osteitis deformans. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coconversion | The simultaneous correction of two sites on DNA during gene conversion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cocto- | <prefix> Prefix indicating boiled or modified by heat. Origin: L. Coctus, cooked (05 Mar 2000) |
| coctolabile | Subject to alteration or destruction when exposed to the temperature of boiling water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coctostabile | Coctostable Resisting the temperature of boiling water without alteration or destruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coculture | <cell biology> Growth of distinct cell types in a combined culture. In order to get some cells to grow at low (clonal) density it is sometimes helpful to grow them together with a feeder layer of macrophages or irradiated cells. The mixing of different cell types in culture is otherwise normally avoided, although it is possible that this could prove an informative approach to modelling interactions in vivo. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cod | 1. The fat-filled scrotum of a castrated bovine animal. 2. A common marine fish (family Gadidae) related to the haddock and pollack. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cod liver oil | <chemical> The partially destearinated fixed oil obtained from fresh livers of gadus morrhua and other species of gadidae, the cod family. It is used as a source of vitamins a and d. In veterinary medicine, it is also used topically to promote wound healing and in abscesses, burns, and dermatoses. Chemical name: Cod-liver oil (12 Dec 1998) |
| code | The genetic code is the correspondence between the triplet of bases in DNA with the amino acids. The discovery of the genetic code clearly ranks as one of the premiere events of what has been called the Golden Age of Biology (and Medicine). (12 Dec 1998) |
| codecarboxylase | pyridoxal 5'-phosphate |
| codehydrogenase I | Codehydrogenase II An obsolete names for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, respectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| codeine | <chemical> An opioid analgesic related to morphine but with less potent analgesic properties and mild sedative effects. It also acts centrally to suppress cough. Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, antitussive agents, narcotics. Chemical name: Morphinan-6-ol, 7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-3-methoxy-17-methyl-, (5alpha,6alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| codeine phosphate | A water-soluble salt of codeine often used in the pharmaceutical preparation of codeine-containing liquid medications. (05 Mar 2000) |
| codeine sulfate | A water-soluble salt of codeine, often used in solid pharmaceutical dosage forms. Also used in cough preparations, where the drug suppresses the cough reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |