| OCA | oculocutaneous albinism; olivopontocerebellar atrophy; oral contraceptive agent |
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| PAM | pancreatic acinar mass; penicillin aluminum monostearate; peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygen... |
| papova | papilloma-polyoma-vacuolating agent [virus] |
| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| PTFA | prothrombin time fixing agent |
| fertility agent | The prototype conjugative plasmid associated with conjugation in the K-12 strain of Escherichia coli. Synonym: F agent, F-factor, F genote, F-genote, fertility agent, fertility factor, sex factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| uricosuric agent | <pharmacology> Gout suppressants that act directly on the renal tubule to increase the excretion of uric acid, thus reducing its concentrations in plasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| fibrinolytic agent | Fibrinolysin or agents that convert plasminogen to fibrinolysin. They may be endogenous or exogenous like the bacterial enzymes used in thromboembolism. (12 Dec 1998) |
| LDH agent | A species of RNA virus, probably an arterivirus, occurring in a number of transplantable mouse tumours. Infected mice have permanently elevated serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase. (12 Dec 1998) |
| luting agent | A fastening material or cement; e.g., plaster or wax to hold casts to an articulator, or material to hold crowns to teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |