| GST | glutathione-S-transferase; gold salt therapy; gold sodium thiomalate; graphic stress telethermometry... |
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| HBSS | Hank's balanced salt solution |
| MHBSS | modified Hank balanced salt solution |
| NAS | nasal; National Academy of Sciences; National Association of Sanitarians; neonatal airleak syndrome;... |
| NSA | Neurological Society of America; normal serum albumin; no salt added; no significant abnormality; no... |
| artificial Carlsbad salt | A mixture of potassium sulfate, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and dried sodium sulfate; a laxative. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| artificial Kissingen salt | A mixture of potassium chloride, sodium chloride, anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and sodium bicarbonate; an antacid and laxative. (05 Mar 2000) |
| artificial Vichy salt | A mixture of sodium bicarbonate, anhydrous magnesium sulfate, potassium carbonate, and sodium chloride; an antacid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basic salt | A salt in which there are one or more hydroxyl ions not replaced by the electronegative element of an acid; e.g., Fe(OH)2Cl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bile salt | <biochemistry> Amphipathic compounds that aid digestion and lipid absorption, they are derived from steroids and have some detergent properties. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bile salt sulfatase | <enzyme> Produces microorganism from the faecal flora of conventional rats Registry number: EC 3.1.6.- Synonym: bile acid sulfate sulfatase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bile-salt sulfotransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the sulfation of glycolithocholate and taurolithocholate Registry number: EC 2.8.2.14 Synonym: bile acid sulfotransferase, bile salt-3'-phosphoadenosine-5'-phosphosulfate-sulfotransferase, bile salt sulfotransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| bone-salt | The main chemical compound in bone, deposited as minute amorphous crystals in a netlike matrix of collagenous fibres containing collagen; it closely resembles the naturally occurring fluorapatite 3Ca3(PO4)2-CaF2, but is probably a hydroxyapatite in which F is replaced by OH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Glauber's salt | Na2SO4-10H2O;an ingredient of many of the natural laxative waters, and also used as a hydragogue cathartic. Synonym: Glauber's salt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reinecke salt | An ammonium salt prepared by fusing ammonium thiocyanate with ammonium dichromate; dark red crystals; used in the detection and analysis of primary and secondary amines, including amino acids; also used as a reagent for mercury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pepper and salt fundus | Ophthalmoscopic appearance of the fundus caused by choriocapillaris atrophy and pigment proliferation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Riviere's salt | <chemical> A systemic alkaliser, electrolyte replenisher, diuretic, and expectorant, usually administered orally. It is sometimes used in veterinary medicine as a nonirritating diuretic. Pharmacological action: diuretics, expectorants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rochelle salt | KNaC4H4O6;a mild saline cathartic, used as an ingredient in compound effervescent powders. Synonym: Rochelle salt, Seignette's salt, sodium potassium tartrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| monsel's salt | <medicine> A basic sulphate of iron; so named from Monsel, a Frenchman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| common salt | <chemical> Table salt, NaCL. (09 Oct 1997) |