| ECMO | enteric cytopathic monkey orphan [virus]; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
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| HEV | health and environment; hemagglutinating encephalomyelitis virus; hepatitis E virus; hepato-encephal... |
| ECDO | enteric cytopathic dog orphan [virus] |
| ECHO | echocardiography; enteric cytopathic human orphan [virus]; Etoposide, cyclophosphamide, Adriamycin, ... |
| ECPO | enteric cytopathic porcine orphan [virus] |
| african green monkey kidney cell | <cell culture> Cells taken from the kidneys of the African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus and used to grow certain viruses like poliovirus. (05 Feb 1998) |
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| monkey | Origin: Cf. OIt. Monicchio, It. Monnino, dim. Of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. Fr. Madonna. See Madonna. 1. <zoology> In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs. Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (especially. Such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons. The monkeys are often divided into three groups: (a) Catarrhines, or Simidae. These have an oblong head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old World. (b) Platyrhines, or Cebidae. These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. These are natives of the new World. (c) Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. 2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for mischievous child. "This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her." (Shak) 3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging. 4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. Monkey boat. A small single block strapped with a swivel. <botany> Monkey flower, a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. Monkey shine, monkey trick. Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey-bread | <botany> The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey-cup | <botany> See Nepenthes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey diseases | Diseases of old world and new world monkeys. This term includes diseases of baboons but not of chimpanzees or gorillas (= ape diseases). (12 Dec 1998) |
| monkey hand | A deformity marked by extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers. Synonym: monkey hand, monkey-paw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey malaria | Plasmodial infection of monkeys and apes, as with human malaria, transmitted chiefly by anopheline mosquitoes; a number of Plasmodium species are responsible, with Southeast Asia and Africa being the apparent centres of evolution; among the 20 plasmodial agents described from nonhuman primates, some resemble and induce a malarial infection similar to those caused by the four species of Plasmodium from humans, from which the agents of human malaria appear to be derived. Synonym: monkey malaria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey-paw | A deformity marked by extension of the thumb in the same plane as the palm and fingers. Synonym: monkey hand, monkey-paw. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monkey-pot | <zoology> The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and L. Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| monkey's puzzle | <botany> A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called pinon by the Chilians. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| orphan | See: orphan products. Origin: G. Orphanos (05 Mar 2000) |
| orphan disease | A disease for which no treatment has been developed because of its rarity (affecting no more than 200,000 persons in the U.S.). See: orphan products. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orphan drug | A pharmaceutical that has been abandoned or neglected during its development because it is seen as having only a limited potential for profit. Often a drug which only has a limited target population or which treats a rare disease, thus limiting its financial potential. (09 Oct 1997) |
| orphan drug act | Law giving incentives to companies developing a drug for a rare disease. The act gives the developer of the first drug of any one type a 7-year exclusive right to market the new drug. (14 Nov 1997) |
| orphan drug production | Production of drugs or biologicals which are unlikely to be manufactured by private industry unless special incentives are provided by others. (12 Dec 1998) |