| norepinephrine |
[Gould's] a -(Amino methyl)-3,4-dihydroxylbenzyl alcohol, C 8 H 11 NO 3 , a demethylated epinephrine. The levotatory isomer (levarterenol) is formed at the sympathetic nerve endings as a mediator of functional activity; it is probably the postulated sympathin E. Therapeutically, it is useful for maintenance of blood pressure in acute hypertensive states caused by surgical and nonsurgical trauma, central vasomotor depression and haemorrhage; the bitartrate salt is commonly employed. ...
Ãâó: members.ozemail.com.au/~lindafrd/page20.html
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| norepinephrine |
A hormone secreted by the adrenal gland as a reaction to the "fight-or-flight response" that raises blood pressure and acts to stimulate muscle contraction.
Ãâó: www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/42/15...
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| normoglycemia |
even, normal blood glucose levels. No big highs or lows or swings, just nice and even results. This is the goal of treatment in GD. Also called 'euglycemia'.
Ãâó: www.plus-size-pregnancy.org/gd/gdglossary.htm
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| normal distribution |
The statistical distribution that appears graphically as a symmetric, bell-shaped curve. In animal breeding, the values along the horizontal axis represent the levels of performance, breeding value, etc., that are being examined in a population; the height of the curve at any point represents the relative frequency of that value in the population.
Ãâó: www.alpacas.com/AlpacaLibrary/GlossaryMO.aspx
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| normal |
a line that is perpendicular to the mirror at the spot the ray hits. The angle at which light hits a surface is measured from the normal.
Ãâó: www.riverdeep.net/current/2002/01/010702_light_tg....
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