| mandelate | <chemistry> A salt of mandelic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| mandelic | <chemistry> Pertaining to an acid first obtained from benzoic aldehyde (oil of better almonds), as a white crystalline substance. Synonym: phenyl glycolic acid. Origin: G. Mandel almond. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandelic acid | C6H5CHOHCOOH;a urinary antibacterial agent (both bactericidal and bacteriostatic). Synonym: hydroxytoluic acid, phenylglycolic acid. Origin: Ger. Mandel, almond (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandelic acids | <chemical> Analogs or derivatives of mandelic acid (alpha-hydroxybenzeneacetic acid). Pharmacological action: anti-infective agents, urinary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Mandelin's reagent | A solution of ammonium vanadate in sulfuric acid, used in colour tests for alkaloids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandelonitrile lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses the reversible condensation of hcn with aldehydes to form d-alpha-hydroxynitriles; contains fad Registry number: EC 4.1.2.10 Synonym: mandelonitrile benzaldehyde-lyase, oxynitrilase (26 Jun 1999) |
| mandelytropine | <medicine> An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose. Origin: Homo- + atropine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mandible | The jaw bone. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mandibula | Synonym: mandible. Origin: L. A jaw, fr. Mando, pp. Mansus, to chew (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular | <dentistry> Pertaining to your lower jaw (08 Jan 1998) |
| mandibular advancement | Moving a retruded mandible forward to a normal position. It is commonly performed for malocclusion and retrognathia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mandibular arch | The first postoral arch in the branchial arch series. Synonym: mandibular process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular axis | An imaginary line around which the mandible may rotate through the horizontal plane. Synonym: hinge axis, mandibular axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular canal | The canal within the mandible that transmits the inferior alveolar nerve and vessels. Its posterior opening is the mandibular foramen. Synonym: canalis mandibulae, inferior dental canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular cartilage | A cartilage bar in the mandibular arch that forms a temporary supporting structure in the embryonic mandible; the cartilagenous primordia of the malleus and incus develop from its proximal end, and it also gives rise to the sphenomandibular and anterior malleolar ligaments. Synonym: Meckel's cartilage. (05 Mar 2000) |