| tinc, tinct | tincture |
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| TO | old tuberculin; oral temperature; original tuberculin; target organ; telephone order; thoracic ortho... |
| to | tincture of opium |
| tr | tincture; trace; traction; transaldolase; trauma, traumatic; tremor; triradial |
| 131I | radioactive Iodine(used in Thyroid uptake, Liver & Kidney Scans & Treatment of malignant & nonmalig... |
| tincture | 1. A tinge or shade of colour; a tint; as, a tincture of red. 2. One of the metals, colours, or furs used in armory. There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colours and their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines; black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing; green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner; purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois, pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and counter potent. 3. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent. 4. <medicine> A solution (commonly coloured) of medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit containing medicinal substances in solution. According to the United States Pharmacopoeia, the term tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and spirituous tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic solutions of nonvolatile substances, alcoholic solutions of volatile substances being called spirits. Ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal substance in ether. 5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as, a tincture of orange peel. 6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as, a tincture of French manners. "All manners take a tincture from our own." (Pope) "Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and scarcely any man more than a slight tincture." (Macaulay) Origin: L. Tinctura a dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE. Tainture, teinture, F. Teinture, L. Tinctura. See Tinge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ethereal tincture | A class of preparations consisting of 10% percolations of drugs in a menstruum of ether 1 and alcohol 2. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butanol-extractable iodine | Iodine that can be separated from plasma proteins by butanol or other extractable solvents; used to measure thyroid function. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butanol-extractable iodine test | An obsolete test for thyroid function, applicable in patients who have received large amounts of iodine or iodised products. Synonym: BEI test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radioactive iodine | Iodine that gives off radiation. See radioiodine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Mallory's iodine stain | <technique> Amyloid appears red-brown after Gram's iodine, then violet and blue after flooding with dilute sulfuric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| caseo-iodine | casein iodine |
| Gram's iodine | <microbiology> A solution containing iodine and potassium iodide, used in Gram's stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Weigert's iodine solution | An iodine-potassium iodide mixture used as a reagent to alter crystal and methyl violet so that they are retained by certain bacteria and fungi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine complex | <chemical> A water soluble complex of iodine with polyvinylpyrrolidone. Applied as an antiseptic in the form of solutions or ointments, it releases iodine. Used in cleansing and disinfecting the skin, preparing the skin preoperatively, and treating infections susceptible to iodine. 1-ethenyl-2-pyrrolidone homopolymer complexed with iodine. An iodinated polyvinyl polymer used as topical antiseptic in surgery and for skin and mucous membrane infections, also as aerosol. The iodine may be radiolabelled for research purposes. Synonym: polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine complex, povidone-iodine. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, iodophors. Chemical name: 2-Pyrrolidinone, 1-ethenyl-, homopolymer, compd. With iodine (20 Sep 2002) |
| povidone-iodine | <chemical> A water soluble complex of iodine with polyvinylpyrrolidone. Applied as an antiseptic in the form of solutions or ointments, it releases iodine. Used in cleansing and disinfecting the skin, preparing the skin preoperatively, and treating infections susceptible to iodine. 1-ethenyl-2-pyrrolidone homopolymer complexed with iodine. An iodinated polyvinyl polymer used as topical antiseptic in surgery and for skin and mucous membrane infections, also as aerosol. The iodine may be radiolabelled for research purposes. Synonym: polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine complex, povidone-iodine. Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, local, iodophors. Chemical name: 2-Pyrrolidinone, 1-ethenyl-, homopolymer, compd. With iodine (20 Sep 2002) |
| protein-bound iodine | Thyroid hormone in its circulating form, consisting of one or more of the iodothyronines bound to one or more of the serum proteins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| protein-bound iodine test | A formerly used test of thyroid function in which serum protein-bound iodine is measured to provide an estimate of hormone bound to protein in peripheral blood. Synonym: PBI test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sodium iodide iodine-131 | Prepared from radioactive iodine (131I); practically carrier-free, with a half-life of 8.0 days; used as a diagnostic agent in suspected thyroid disease and in the treatment of selected thyroid diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| starch-iodine test | A test for sweating in which iodine in oil is painted on the skin, followed by dusting with a starch powder which turns blue-black in the presence of iodine and moisture. (05 Mar 2000) |