| butirosin sulfate | <chemical> A water-soluble aminoglycosidic antibiotic complex isolated from fermentation filtrates of bacillus circulans. Two components (a and b) have been separated from the complex. Both are active against many gram-positive and some gram-negative bacteria. Pharmacological action: antibiotics, aminoglycoside. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| butoconazole nitrate | C19H17Cl3N2S-HNO3;an antifungal agent used primarily in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butopyronoxyl | Butyl mesityl oxide oxalate;an insect repellent, effective against the biting stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) (05 Mar 2000) |
| butorphanol | <chemical> A synthetic morphinan analgesic with narcotic antagonist action. It is used in the management of severe pain. Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, antitussive agents, narcotic antagonists, narcotics. Chemical name: Morphinan-3,14-diol, 17-(cyclobutylmethyl)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| butorphanol tartrate | (-)-17-(Cyclobutylmethyl)morphinan-3,14-diol tartrate;a potent mixed agonist/antagonist narcotic analgesic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butoxamine | <chemical> A beta-2 selective adrenergic antagonist. It is used primarily in animal and tissue experiments to characterise beta-2 receptor involvement and identify beta-2 receptors. Pharmacological action: adrenergic beta-antagonists, antilipaemic agents, hypoglycaemic agents, sympatholytics. Chemical name: Benzenemethanol, alpha-(1-((1,1-dimethylethyl)amino)ethyl)-2,5-dimethoxy- (12 Dec 1998) |
| butoxamine hydrochloride | Alpha-[1-(tert-Butylamino)ethyl]-2,5-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol hydrochloride;an antilipaemic agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butriptyline hydrochloride | Dl-10,11-Dihydro-N,N,beta-trimethyl-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene-5-propylamine;an antidepressant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butt | <zoology> The common English flounder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| butt log | The log taken from the base of a tree; often slightly irregular. (05 Dec 1998) |
| butter | 1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning. 2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chloridess, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. <botany> Butter and eggs, a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. Butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. Parkii). See Shea tree. Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter. Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter. Synonym: butter woman. Origin: OE. Botere, butter, AS. Butere, fr. L. Butyrum, Gr.; either fr. Ox, cow + cheese; or, perhaps, of Scythian origin. Cf. Cow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| butter of bismuth | BiCl3;addition of water results in formation of bismuth oxychloride. Synonym: butter of bismuth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butter of zinc | ZnCl2;formerly used as a caustic for the removal of cutaneous cancers, nevi, etc., and in weak solution in the treatment of gonorrhoea and conjunctivitis. Synonym: butter of zinc. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butter stools | Fatty stool's, occurring especially in steatorrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| butter yellow | C6H5N:NC6H4N(CH3)2;a fat-soluble yellow dye (MW 225) that has hepatic carcinogenic action in experimental animals; used as an indicator of pH (red, at pH 2.9, yellow at pH 4.0). Synonym: dimethylaminoazobenzene, methyl yellow. (05 Mar 2000) |