| AEA | alcohol, ether, and acetone [solution]; apocrine membrane antigen |
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| AGEPC | acetyl glyceryl ether phosphorylcholine |
| BCME | bis-chloromethyl ether |
| BGE | butyl glycidyl ether |
| CE | California encephalitis; cardiac enlargement; cardioesophageal; carotid endarterectomy; catamenial e... |
| divinyl ether | O(CH==CH2)2;a volatile liquid, the vapor of which produces rapid induction of general anaesthesia; prolonged administration is associated with adverse side effects on the liver and central nervous system; an obsolete agent. Synonym: vinyl ether. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| divinyl ether synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses conversion of hydroperoxides to divinyl ethers; isolated from garlic bulbs allium sativum; preferentially acts sterospecifically on the (s) enantomer of 13-hpod ((9z,11e,13s)-13-hydroperoxy-9,11-octadecadienoic acid Registry number: EC 1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| ether | 1. <physics> A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether. 2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself. 3. <chemistry> A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odour, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anaesthetic. Called also ethyl oxide. Any similar oxide of hydrocarbon radicals; as, amyl ether; valeric ether. <chemistry> Complex ether, Mixed ether, a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam. Origin: Written also aether. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ether convulsion | A convulsion occasionally associated with divinyl and diethyl ether anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ether, ethyl | <chemical> 1,1'-oxybisethane. A mobile, very volatile, highly flammable liquid used as an inhalation anaesthetic and as a solvent for waxes, fats, oils, perfumes, alkaloids, and gums. It is mildly irritating to skin and mucous membranes. Pharmacological action: anaesthetics, inhalation, solvents. Chemical name: Ethane, 1,1'-oxybis- (12 Dec 1998) |
| ether test | An obsolete test to determine arm-to-lung circulation time; diluted ether is injected intravenously and the end point taken when the subject coughs or tastes ether or the observer smells ether on the subject's breath. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethyl ether | CH3CH2OCH2CH3;a flammable, volatile organic solvent used in extraction procedures; formerly widely used as an inhalation anaesthetic; shortcomings include: irritating vapor, slow onset and prolonged recovery phase, explosion hazard. Synonym: ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. (05 Mar 2000) |
| active methyl | A methyl group attached to a quaternary ammonium ion or a tertiary sulfonium ion that can take part in transmethylation reactions; e.g., methyl groups in choline and in S-adenosyl-l-methionine, which are thus methyl donors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aklanonic acid methyl ester cyclase | <enzyme> Catalyses the formation of aklaviketone from aklanonic acid methyl ester; involved in daunomycin biosynthesis; see also daunorubicin-doxorubicin polyketide synthase Registry number: EC 5.- Synonym: aame cyclase, daud protein, daud gene product, dnrd protein, dnrd gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| alpha-(4-O-methyl)-D-glucuronidase | <enzyme> Removes 4-o-methyl-glucopyranosyl uronic acid residues from the 2-position of fungal cell wall xylans Registry number: EC 3.2.1.- Synonym: 4-o-methyl-glucuronidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid | <chemical> Alpha-amino-2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-oxo-4-isoxazolepropanoic acid. An ibotenic acid homolog and glutamate agonist. The compound is the defining agonist for the ampa subtype of glutamate receptors (receptors, ampa). It has been used as a radionuclide imaging agent but is more commonly used as an experimental tool in cell biological studies. Pharmacological action: excitatory amino acid agonists. Chemical name: 4-Isoxazolepropanoic acid, alpha-amino-2,3-dihydro-5-methyl-3-oxo- (12 Dec 1998) |
| alpha methyl dopa | <drug> An antihypertensive drug, preferred in pregnant patients. (18 Nov 1997) |
| angular methyl | A methyl group attached to carbon 10 (between rings A and B) or to carbon 13 (between rings C and D) of the steroid nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bevonium methyl sulfate | 2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,1-dimethylpiperidinium methyl sulfate benzylate;an anticholinergic agent. Synonym: pyribenzyl methyl sulfate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mann's methyl blue-eosin stain | <technique> A stain useful for anterior pituitary and viral inclusion bodies; a mixture of the two dyes stains alpha cell granules red, beta cell granules dark blue, chromophobes gray to pink, colloid red, erythrocytes orange-red, and collagen fibres blue; this method is also useful for enterochromaffin, goblet, Paneth, and pancreatic islet cells; Negri bodies appear red while their nuclei and central granules are blue. (05 Mar 2000) |