| ACA | abnormal coronary artery; acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; acute cerebellar ataxia; adenocarcino... |
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| AMM | agnogenic myeloid metaplasia; ammonia; antibody to murine cardiac myosin; World Medical Association ... |
| amm, | ammonia |
| ammon | ammonia |
| GLUL | glutamate (ammonia) ligase |
| diaminopropionate ammonia-lyase | <enzyme> Used for the determination of diaminopropionic acid Registry number: EC 4.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| ethanolamine ammonia-lyase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the deamination of ethanolamine to acetaldehyde. Chemical name: Ethanolamine ammonia-lyase Registry number: EC 4.3.1.7 (12 Dec 1998) |
| L-tyrosine ammonia-lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses the conversion of tyrosine to trans-p-coumaric acid and ammonia Registry number: EC 4.3.1.- Synonym: tyrosine ammonia-lyase (26 Jun 1999) |
| alum | <chemistry> A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (especially. An alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of water of crystallization. Common alum is the double sulphate of aluminium and potassium. It is white, transparent, very astringent, and crystallizes easily in octahedrons. The term is extended so as to include other double sulphates similar to alum in formula. Origin: OE. Alum, alom, OF. Alum, F. Alun, fr. L. Alumen alum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alum compounds | Aluminum metal sulfate compounds used medically as astringents and for many industrial purposes. They are used in veterinary medicine for the treatment of ulcerative stomatitis, leukorrhoea, conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, metritis, and minor wounds. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alum-haematoxylin | A purple nuclear stain used in histology; a mixture of an aqueous solution of ammonium alum and an alcoholic solution of haematoxylin which is ripened or oxidised to haematein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alum root | <botany> A North American herb (Heuchera Americana) of the Saxifrage family, whose root has astringent properties. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alum shale | <chemical> A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alum stone | <chemical> A subsulphate of alumina and potash; alunite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| burnt alum | Alum deprived of its water of crystallization by heat; an astringent dusting powder. Synonym: burnt alum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cake alum | Astringent detergent for skin ulcers. Synonym: cake alum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gomori's chrome alum haematoxylin-phloxine stain | <technique> A technique used to demonstrate cytoplasmic granules, after Bouin's or formalin-Zenker fixatives, using oxidised haematoxylin plus phloxine; in the pancreas, beta cells are blue, alpha and delta cells are red, and zymogen granules are red to unstained; in the pituitary, alpha cells are pink, beta cells and chromophobes are gray-blue, and nuclei are purple to blue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| roche alum | <chemistry> A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; also called rock alum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| chrome alum | The sulfate of chromium and potassium; used as a mordant in histologic staining. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chrome alum haematoxylin-phloxine stain | <technique> A stain used to demonstrate pancreatic islet cells; alpha cells appear red, beta cells blue or unstained. (05 Mar 2000) |