| uncture | An ointment has an oil base whereas a cream is water-soluble. (the word ointment comes from the latin ungere meaning anoint with oil). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| uncus | Origin: L. <zoology> A hook or claw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uncus band of Giacomini | A slender whitish band, the attenuated anterior continuation of the dentate gyrus (fascia dentata), crossing transversally the surface of the recurved part of the uncus gyri parahippocampalis. Synonym: band of Giacomini, cauda fasciae dentatae, frenulum of Giacomini, tail of dentate gyrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uncus gyri parahippocampalis | Origin: L. <zoology> A hook or claw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uncustomable | Not customable, or subject to custom duties. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| uncustomed | Uncustomable; also, not having paid duty or customs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| undated | <botany> Rising and falling in waves toward the margin, as a leaf; waved. Origin: L. Undatus, p. P. Of undare to rise in waves, to wave, to undulate, fr. Unda a wave. See Undulate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| unde | Waving or wavy; applied to ordinaries, or division lines. Origin: F. Onde. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| undecagon | <geometry> A figure having eleven angles and eleven sides. Origin: L. Undecim eleven + Gr. An angle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| undecane | <chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon, C11H24, of the methane series, found in petroleum; so called from its containing eleven carbon atoms in the molecule. Origin: L. Undecim eleven. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| undecaprenyl-phosphate galactosephosphotransferase | <enzyme> Involved in o-antigen subunit processing; isolated from salmonella enterica. Registry number: EC 2.7.8.6 Synonym: rfbp gene product, galactosyl-pyrophosphate-undecaprenol synthetase, galactosyl-p-p-undecaprenol synthetase, galactosyl-1-phosphate transferase, wbap protein (26 Jun 1999) |
| undecenoic acid | CH2CH(CH2)8COOH;an acid present in small amounts in sweat; used with its zinc salt in ointments, or as a powder in the treatment of fungus diseases of the skin, psoriasis, and certain other cutaneous affections. Synonym: undecenoic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| undecolic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C11H18O2, of the propiolic acid series, obtained indirectly from undecylenic acid as a white crystalline substance. Origin: Undecylenic + propiolic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| undecoylium chloride | Acylcolaminoformylmethylpyridinium chloride;a topical antiseptic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| undecoylium chloride-iodine | A complex of iodine with undecoylium chloride; a cationic detergent used topically as a germicidal agent. (05 Mar 2000) |