| dextromanual | Synonym: right-handed. Origin: dextro-+ L. Manus, hand (05 Mar 2000) |
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| dextromethorphan | <chemical> The d-isomer of the codeine analog of levorphanol. It acts on the medullary cough centre to suppress cough but does not have the addictive, analgesic, and sedative effects of codeine and does not produce respiratory depression at usual doses. Pharmacological action: antitussive agents. Chemical name: Morphinan, 3-methoxy-17-methyl-, (9alpha,13alpha,14alpha)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| dextromethorphan hydrobromide | Hydrobromide of d-racemethorphan; d-3-methoxy-N-methylmorphinan hydrobromide;a synthetic morphine derivative used as an antitussive agent. It has weak central depressant action, and appears to have little addiction liability. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dextromethorphan O-demethylase | <enzyme> Cytochrome p450iid6 is the specific cytochrome used for the enzymatic reaction Registry number: EC 1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| dextromoramide | <chemical> An opioid analgesic structurally related to methadone and used in the treatment of severe pain. Pharmacological action: analgesics, opioid, narcotics. Chemical name: Pyrrolidine, 1-(3-methyl-4-(4-morpholinyl)-1-oxo-2,2-diphenylbutyl)-, (S)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| dextromoramide tartrate | A narcotic analgesic related chemically and pharmacologically to methadone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dextronic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, dextrose; as, dextronic acid. Dextronic acid, a sirupy substance obtained by the partial oxidation of various carbohydrates, as dextrose, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dextropedal | Denoting one who uses the right leg in preference to the left. Synonym: right-footed. Origin: dextro-+ L. Pes (ped-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| dextroposition | Move to the right. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dextroposition of the heart | The heart is displaced to the right (from its usual location in the left chest). There is no anatomic alteration in the heart itself, just in its location. Dextroposition occurs when the contents of the left side of the chest shove the heart to the right or when the contents of the right chest are reduced (for example, by collapse of the right lung) and the heart moves toward the sparsely occupied space on the right. (12 Dec 1998) |
| dextropropoxyphene hydrochloride | (+)-alpha-4-(dimethylamino)-3-methyl-1,2-diphenyl-2-butanol propionate hydrochloride;a nonantipyretic, orally effective weak narcotic analgesic structurally related to methadone and used for the relief of mild to moderate pain; it is less effective than codeine. Synonym: dextropropoxyphene hydrochloride. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dextropropoxyphene napsylate | Mono-2-naphthalenesulfonate monohydrate salt of propoxyphene;a weak narcotic analgesic. Synonym: dextropropoxyphene napsylate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dextrorotary | <physics> See Dextrotatory. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| dextrorotation | A turning or twisting to the right; especially, the clockwise twist given the plane of plane-polarised light by solutions of certain optically active substances. Compare: levorotation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dextrorotatory | <chemistry> A chiral molecule which rotates plane-polarized light to the right. (09 Jan 1998) |