| ACl | aspiryl chloride |
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| ASC | acetylsulfanilyl chloride; altered state of consciousness; ambulatory surgical center; American Soci... |
| CCH | C-cell hyperplasia; chronic chloride hemagglutination; chronic cholestatic hepatitis |
| chlor | chloride |
| CK | calf kidney; casein kinase; chicken kidney; cholecystokinin; choline kinase; contralateral knee; cre... |
| deficiency, magnesium | Can occur due to inadequate intake or impaired intestinal absorption of magnesium. Low magnesium (hypomagnesaemia) is often associated with low calcium (hypocalcaemia) and potassium (hypokalaemia) levels. Deficiency of magnesium causes increased irritability of the nervous system with tetany (spasms of the hands and feet, muscular twitching and cramps, spasm of the larynx, etc.). According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Recommended Dietary Allowances of magnesium are 420milligrams per day for men and 320 milligrams per day for women. The upperlimit of magnesium as supplements is 350 milligrams daily, in addition to the magnesium from food and water. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| effervescent magnesium citrate | Magnesium carbonate, citric acid, sodium bicarbonate, and sugar, moistened with alcohol, passed through a sieve, and dried to a coarse granular powder; used as a laxative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| effervescent magnesium sulfate | Effervescent Epsom salt; magnesium sulfate, sodium bicarbonate, tartaric acid, and citric acid, moistened, passed through a sieve, and dried to a coarse granular powder; a purgative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tribasic magnesium phosphate | Mg3(PO4)2-5H2O;tertiary magnesium phosphate, it is used as an antacid but it does not produce systemic alkalization; 1 g is equivalent in neutralizing power to about 0.46 g of sodium bicarbonate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetyl chloride | CH3COCl;a colourless liquid used as a reagent; also corrosive, causing severe burns because of hydrolysis to HCl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acetylcholine chloride | A miotic, administered as an ophthalmic solution for parasympathomimetic effect; used in cataract surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcuronium chloride | N,N'-Diallylnortoxiferinium dichloride;a skeletal muscle relaxant active as a nondepolarising neuromuscular blocking agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aluminum chloride hexahydrate | AlCl3-6H2O;used as an astringent or antiseptic in solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambenonium chloride | <chemical> A quaternary ammonium compound that is an inhibitor of cholinesterase activity with actions similar to those of neostigmine, but of longer duration. Ambenonium is given by mouth in the treatment of myasthenia gravis. Pharmacological action: cholinesterase inhibitor, parasympathomimetic. Chemical name: Benzenemethanaminium, N,N'-((1,2-dioxo-1,2-ethanediyl)bis(imino-2,1-ethanediyl))bis(2-chloro-N,N-diethyl-, dichloride (12 Dec 1998) |
| ammoniated mercuric chloride | Used in ointment for the treatment of skin diseases. Synonym: ammoniated mercuric chloride, white mercuric precipitate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ammonium chloride | <chemical> Ammonium chloride, (nh4)cl. A systemic acidifying agent that has been used as a diuretic and an expectorant. Chemical name: Ammonium chloride ((NH4)Cl) (12 Dec 1998) |
| antimony chloride | SbCl3;combines with vitamin A to form a blue compound and with beta-carotene to form a green one, as a method for assay of these substances; also used externally as a caustic. Synonym: antimony chloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| barium chloride | Formerly used as a heart tonic and for varicose veins; extremely toxic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benzalkonium chloride | A mixture of alkylbenzyldimethylammonium chlorides in which the alkyls are long-chain compounds (C8 to C18); a surface-active germicide for many pathogenic nonsporulating bacteria and fungi. Aqueous solutions of this agent have a low surface tension, and possess detergent, keratolytic, and emulsifying properties that aid the penetration and wetting of tissue surfaces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benzethonium chloride | A synthetic quaternary ammonium compound, one of the cationic class of detergents; germicidal and bacteriostatic. (05 Mar 2000) |