| PE tube | Polyethylene Ventilating tube placed in the eardrum |
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| HDP | hexose diphosphate; high-density polyethylene; hydrogen diphosphonate; hydroxydimethylpyrimidine |
| PE | Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia; pancreatic extract; paper electrophoresis; partial epilepsy; pelvic examina... |
| PES | Patient Escort Service; photoelectron spectroscopy; physicians' equity services; polyethylene sulfon... |
| PET | peak ejection time; polyethylene terphthalate; poor exercise tolerance; positron emission tomography... |
| glycol | <chemistry> A thick, colourless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. Origin: Glycerin + -ol. See Glycerin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| glycol ethers | Chemicals such as ethylene glycol monomethyl ether and ethylene glycol monoethyl ether; they are teratogens which induce testicular atrophy in animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monomethoxypolyethylene glycol-arginase | <chemical> Monomethylethylene glycol and arginase are attached covalently Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent Synonym: mm-peg-arginase (26 Jun 1999) |
| monomethoxypolyethylene glycol-conjugated asparaginase | <chemical> Used in patients with haematological malignancies Synonym: peg(2)-asp, 2,4-bis(2-methoxypolyethyleneglycol)-6-chloro-s-triazine-conjugated l-asparaginase (26 Jun 1999) |
| monomethoxypolyethylene glycol-superoxide dismutase | <chemical> Pharmacological action: free radical scavengers Synonym: mpeg-sod (26 Jun 1999) |
| propylene glycol | <chemical> A clear, colourless, viscous liquid used as a humectant and solvent in pharmaceutical preparations. Derivative of propylene glycol (1,2-propanediol). They are used as humectants and solvents in pharmaceutical preparations. Pharmacological action: cryoprotective agents, solvents, vehicles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diethylene glycol | An organic solvent chemically related to ethylene glycol. Upon metabolic conversion it becomes oxalic acid, which is toxic to the kidney. A sweet, viscous liquid that was used to make the infamous elixir of sulfanilamide that proved fatal to over 100 children in 1937, leading to the establishment of the FDA to monitor drug safety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| triethylene glycol | C6H14O4; 2,2'-Ethylenedioxybis(ethanol);used in the vapor state as an air-sterilizing agent; toxic to bacteria, fungi, and viruses in very low concentrations in air; variations in the humidity of the air limit the germicidal effectiveness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ethylene glycol | <chemical> A common ingredient in anti-freeze, very toxic to the liver if ingested (27 Sep 1997) |
| L-glycol dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Catalyses NADPH linked reversible reduction of uncharged vicinal dicarbonyls and alpha-hydroxycarbonyls to l-(+)-glycols Registry number: EC 1.1.1.185 Synonym: l-(+)-glycol-NADP oxidoreductase, alpha-dicarbonyl reductase, l-(+)-alpha-hydroxycarbonyl-NADP oxidoreductase (26 Jun 1999) |
| acetic solution | A vinegar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaranth solution | A 1% solution of amaranth (trisodium naphthol sulfonic acid), a synthetic vivid red dye, stable in acid and intensified in sodium hydroxide solution; used as a red or pink colourant in liquid pharmaceuticals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aqueous solution | <chemistry> A solution in which water is the dissolving medium or solvent. (09 Jan 1998) |
| barium solution | A liquid containing barium sulfate, which shows up on X-rays. It outlines organs of the body so they can be seen on X-ray film. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Benedict's solution | <chemistry> An aqueous solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate which changes from its normal blue colour to orange, red, or yellow in the presence of a reducing sugar such as glucose. See: Benedict's test for glucose. (14 Aug 2000) |