| AU | according to custom [Lat. ad usum]; allergenic unit; ngstrom unit; antitoxin unit; arbitrary unit; A... |
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| CCU | cardiac care unit; Cherry-Crandall unit; coronary care unit; critical care unit |
| MU | megaunit; mescaline unit; methyluric [acid]; Montevideo unit; motion unsharpness; motor unit; mouse ... |
| PCU | pain control unit; primary care unit; patient care unit; pulmonary care unit |
| RU | radioulnar; rat unit; reading unit; residual urine; resin uptake; resistance unit; retrograde urogra... |
| international system of units | A system of physical units in which the fundamental quantities are length, time, mass, electric current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance, and the corresponding units are the meter, second, kilogram, ampere, kelvin, candela, and mole. The system has been given official status and recommended for universal use by the general conference on weights and measures. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Leiter International Performance Scale | A nonverbal (performance) test for measuring intelligence which contains norms for each age between 2 and 18; originally developed as a method of assessing the comparative intellectual abilities of Caucasian, Chinese, and Japanese children, but now occasionally used for assessing slow learners and those who are blind, deaf, or verbally handicapped. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aluminum penicillin | The trivalent aluminum salt of an antibiotic substance or substances produced by the growth of the molds Penicillium notatum or P. Chrysogenum; used for oral or sublingual administration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benzyl penicillin | <chemical> (2s-(2 alpha,5 alpha,6 beta))-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)-4-thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid. A penicillin derivative commonly used in the form of its sodium or potassium salts in the treatment of a variety of infections. It is effective against most gram-positive bacteria and against gram-negative cocci. It has also been used as an experimental convulsant because of its actions on gaba mediated synaptic transmission. Pharmacological action: convulsants, gaba modulators, penicillins. Chemical name: 4-Thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)- (2S-(2alpha,5alpha,6beta))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| buffered crystalline penicillin G | Crystalline potassium penicillin G or crystalline sodium penicillin G buffered with not less than 4% and not more than 5% of sodium citrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| penicillin | <drug> Probably the best known of the antibiotics, derived from the mould Penicillium notatum. It blocks the cross linking reaction in peptidoglycan synthesis and therefore destroys the bacterial cell wall making the bacterium very susceptible to damage. (18 Nov 1997) |
| penicillin amidase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing the hydrolysis of penicillin to penicin and a carboxylic acid anion. Chemical name: Penicillin amidohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.5.1.11 (12 Dec 1998) |
| penicillin B | A penicillin preparation that is stable in gastric acid and is rapidly but only partially absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Synonym: alpha-phenoxyethylpenicillin potassium, penicillin B. (05 Mar 2000) |
| penicillin G | <chemical> (2s-(2 alpha,5 alpha,6 beta))-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)-4-thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid. A penicillin derivative commonly used in the form of its sodium or potassium salts in the treatment of a variety of infections. It is effective against most gram-positive bacteria and against gram-negative cocci. It has also been used as an experimental convulsant because of its actions on gaba mediated synaptic transmission. Pharmacological action: convulsants, gaba modulators, penicillins. Chemical name: 4-Thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)- (2S-(2alpha,5alpha,6beta))- (12 Dec 1998) |
| penicillin G benzathine | <chemical> Semisynthetic antibiotic that is a relatively insoluble preparation that may remain in the body for 1 to 2 weeks, and prepared by combining the sodium salt of penicillin G with n,n'-dibenzylethylenediamine. Pharmacological action: penicillins. Chemical name: 4-Thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)- (2S-(2alpha,5alpha,6beta))-, compd. With N,N'-bis(phenylmethyl)-1,2-ethanediamine (2:1) (12 Dec 1998) |
| penicillin G hydrabamine | A dipenicillin compound, a mixture of penicillin G salts consisting chiefly of the salt of the diacidic base N,N '-bis-(dehydroabietyl) ethylenediamine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| penicillin G potassium | Potassium benzylpenicillin;the potassium salt of penicillin G, containing 85 to 90% penicillin G. (05 Mar 2000) |
| penicillin G procaine | <chemical> (2s-(2 alpha,5 alpha,6 beta))-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)-4-thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid compound with 2-(diethylamino)ethyl) 4-aminobenzoate (1:1) monohydrate. Semisynthetic antibiotic prepared by combining penicillin G with procaine and which has a more prolonged action than penicillin G. Pharmacological action: penicillins. Chemical name: 4-Thia-1-azabicyclo(3.2.0)heptane-2-carboxylic acid, 3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-((phenylacetyl)amino)- (2S-(2alpha,5alpha,6beta))-, compd. With 2-(diethylamino)ethyl 4-aminobenzoate (1:1), monohydrate (04 Jul 2000) |
| penicillin G sodium | <drug> The sodium salt of penicillin G, containing not less than 85% penicillin G. Synonym: Sodium benzylpenicillin (05 Mar 2000) |
| penicillin N | cephalosporin N |