| CAS | calcarine sulcus; calcific aortic stenosis; Cancer Attitude Survey; carbohydrate-active steroid; car... |
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| ESCN | electrolyte and steroid cardiopathy with necrosis |
| ESI | elastase-specific inhibitor; enzyme substrate inhibitor; epidural steroid injection |
| GBG | glycine-rich beta-glycoprotein; gonadal steroid-binding globulin |
| GSBG | gonadal steroid-binding globulin |
| SRNS | Steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome |
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| SS | Steroid-sensitive |
| SSNS | Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome |
| SR | steroid resistant |
| toxic psychosis | A psychosis caused by some toxic substance, whether endogenous or exogenous. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| traumatic psychosis | A psychosis resulting from physical injury or emotional shock. Compare: posttraumatic psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| exhaustion psychosis | Rarely used term for a confusional emotional state following an exhausting event. (05 Mar 2000) |
| febrile psychosis | A psychosis following an acute infection, shock, or chronic intoxication; begins as delirium followed by pronounced mental confusion with hallucinations and unsystematised delusions, and sometimes stupor. Synonym: febrile psychosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Korsakoff's psychosis | <syndrome> May occur as a sequel to chronic alcohol abuse. Features include personality changes, confabulation, psychosis, disorientation, polyneuritis, insomnia and hallucinations. (27 Sep 1997) |
| functional psychosis | An obsolete term once used to denote schizophrenia and other severe mental disorders before modern science discovered a biological component to some aspects of each of the disorders. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anabolic steroid | <endocrinology> A type of steroid hormone that stimulates the synthesis of protein. Anabolic steroids are compounds which stimulate the body into anabolism. This process involves the building of complex compounds from smaller simpler ones (for example proteins are built from amino acids). This process requires energy. (13 Nov 1997) |
| receptors, steroid | Proteins found usually in the cytoplasm or nucleus that specifically bind steroid hormones and trigger changes influencing the behaviour of cells. The steroid receptor-steroid hormone complex regulates the transcription of specific genes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gonadal steroid-binding globulin | A protein that transports 65% of the testosterone in plasma. Synonym: sex steroid-binding globulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| saturated steroid 6 alpha-hydroxylase | <enzyme> Acts on 5 alpha-androstane-3 beta,17 beta-diol and 5 alpha-pregnan-3 beta-ol-20-one; does not require cytochrome p-450 Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: sat steroid 6alpha-hydroxylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| sex steroid-binding globulin | A protein that transports 65% of the testosterone in plasma. Synonym: sex steroid-binding globulin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| steroid | A group name for lipids that contain a hydrogenated cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene ring system. Some of the substances included in this group are progesterone, adrenocortical hormones, the gonadal hormones, cardiac aglycones, bile acids, sterols (such as cholesterol), toad poisons, saponins and some of the carcinogenic hydrocarbons. (18 Nov 1997) |
| steroid 11-alpha-hydroxylase | <enzyme> Converts 11-deoxycortisol to 11-alpha cortisol (the 11-alpha isomer of hydrocortisone) Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| steroid 11 beta-monooxygenase | <enzyme> A steroid hydroxylase system found in adrenal tissues. It catalyses the 11-hydroxylation of steroids in the presence of molecular oxygen and consists of an NADPH-specific flavoprotein, a non-haem iron protein, and cytochrome p-450. Its deficiency is a cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (adrenal hyperplasia, congenital). Chemical name: Steroid, reduced-adrenal-ferredoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (11 beta-hydroxylating) Registry number: EC 1.14.15.4 (12 Dec 1998) |
| steroid 12-monooxygenase | <enzyme> A steroid hydroxylase found in liver microsomes. It catalyses the 12-hydroxylation of steroids in the presence of NADPH, cytochrome p-450, and molecular oxygen. It is an important enzyme in the synthesis of cholic acid from cholesterol in the liver. Chemical name: Steroid, hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase (12-alpha-hydroxylating) Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- (12 Dec 1998) |