| DOC | date of conception; deoxycholate; deoxycorticosterone; died of other causes; disorders of cornificat... |
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| DRO | differential reinforcement of other behavior; Disablement Resettlement Officer |
| EOD | entry on duty; every other day |
| HCPOTP | health care professionals other than physicians |
| MOTT | mycobacteria other than tuberculosis |
| insect hormones | Hormones secreted by insects. They influence their growth and development. Also synthetic substances that act like insect hormones. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| invertebrate hormones | Hormones produced by invertebrates, usually insects, mollusks, annelids, and helminths. (12 Dec 1998) |
| testicular hormones | Hormones produced in the testis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thymus hormones | Humoral factors secreted by the thymus gland. They participate in the development of the lymphoid system and the maturation of the cellular immune response. (12 Dec 1998) |
| thyroid hormones | Chemical substances made by the thyroid gland which is located in the front of the neck. The thyroid gland uses iodine to make thyroid hormones. Thyroid hormones are essential for the function of every cell in the body. They help regulate growth and the rate of chemical reactions (metabolism) in the body. The two most important thyroid hormones are thyroxine (t4) and triiodothyronine (T3). (12 Dec 1998) |
| tissue hormones | Hormones synthesised by cells other than those in the endocrine system. Compare: endocrine hormones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocrine hormones | Hormones produced by the endocrine system. Compare: tissue hormones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropic hormones | Trophic hormones, those hormone's of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that affect the growth, nutrition, or function of other endocrine glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| juvenile hormones | Compounds, either natural or synthetic, which block development of the growing insect. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anterior intestinal portal | Anterior intestinal portal; the opening of the foregut into the midgut. See: epigastric fossa. Synonym: anterior intestinal portal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gas, intestinal | The complaint referred to as intestinal gas is a common one and the discomfort can be quite significant. Everyone has gas and eliminates it by burping or passing it through the rectum. In many instances people think they have too much gas when in reality they have normal amounts. most people produce 1 to 3 pints of intestinal gas in 24 hours and pass gas an average of 14 times a day. It is made up primarily of odourless vapors such as carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and in some families, methane. The unpleasant odour is due to bacteria in the large intestine that release small amounts of gases containing sulfur. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vasoactive intestinal contractor | Mouse homologue of endothelin 2. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vasoactive intestinal peptide | <gastroenterology, protein> Peptide of 28 amino acids, originally isolated from porcine intestine, but later found in the central nervous system where it acts as a neuropeptide and is released by specific interneurons. May also affect behaviour of cells of the immune system. Acronym: VIP (05 Jan 1998) |
| vasoactive intestinal polypeptide | A polypeptide hormone secreted most commonly by non-beta islet cell tumours of the pancreas, producing copious watery diarrhoea and faecal electrolyte loss, particularly hypokalaemia; VIP increases the rates of glycogenolysis; stimulates pancreatic bicarbonate secretion. Synonym: vasoactive intestinal peptide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| receptors, vasoactive intestinal peptide | Cell surface proteins that bind vasoactive intestinal peptide (vip) with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behaviour of cells. (12 Dec 1998) |