| Aden ulcer | The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| adenalgia | Rarely used term for pain in a gland. Origin: aden-+ G. Algos, pain (05 Mar 2000) |
| adendric | Without dendrites. Synonym: adendric. Origin: G., a-priv. + dendron, tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| adendritic | Without dendrites. Synonym: adendric. Origin: G., a-priv. + dendron, tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenectomy | <procedure, surgery> The surgical removal of all or part of a gland. (27 Sep 1997) |
| adenectopia | Presence of a gland other than in its normal anatomical position. Origin: aden-+ G. Ek, out of, + topos, place (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenemphraxis | Rarely used term for an obstruction to the discharge of a glandular secretion. Origin: aden-+ G. Emphraxis, stoppage (05 Mar 2000) |
| adeniform | <anatomy> Lymphoid tissue which forms a prominence on the wall of the pharyngeal recess of the nasopharynx. A mass of lymphoid tissue in the upper part of throat behind the nose. (25 Jun 1999) |
| adenine | <biochemistry> A nitrogenous base, one member of the basepair A-T (thymine). (10 May 1997) |
| adenine arabinoside | Misnomer for arabinosyladenine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenine deaminase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of adenine to ammonia and hypoxanthine. A part of purine degradation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenine deoxyribonucleotide | Deoxyadenosine monophosphate, a hydrolysis product of DNA, differing from adenylic acid in containing deoxyribose in place of ribose. Synonym: adenine deoxyribonucleotide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenine nucleotide | A condensation product of adenosine and phosphoric acid; a nucleotide found among the hydrolysis products of all nucleic acids. 3'-Adenylic acid (adenosine 3'-monophosphate) and 5'-adenylic acid (adenosine 5'-monophosphate) differ in the place of attachment of the phosphoric acid to the d-ribose; deoxyadenylic acid differs in having H instead of OH at the 2' position of d-ribose. See: AMP. Synonym: adenine nucleotide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adenine nucleotide translocase | <enzyme> Catalyses the exchange between endogenous and exogenous adenine nucleotides in mitochondria.ec 2.7.7.-. Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| adenine phosphoribosyltransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme catalyzing the formation of AMP from adenine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. It can act as a salvage enzyme for recycling of adenine into nucleic acids. Chemical name: AMP:pyrophosphate phospho-D-ribosyltransferase Registry number: EC 2.4.2.7 (12 Dec 1998) |