| deptropine citrate | 3a-[(10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-yl)oxy]1aH,5aH-tropane citrate;an antihistaminic agent with anticholinergic properties. Synonym: dibenzheptropine citrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| depulization | Destruction of fleas which convey the plague bacillus from animals to humans. Origin: L. De, from, + pulex (pulic-), flea (05 Mar 2000) |
| depurant | <medicine> Depurative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| depurate | To free from impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse. "To depurate the mass of blood." (Boyle) Origin: Depurated; Depurating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| depuration | Purification; removal of waste products or foul excretions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| depurative | <medicine> Purifying the blood or the humors; depuratory. A depurative remedy or agent; or a disease which is believed to be depurative. Origin: Cf. F. Depuratif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| depurination | <biochemistry, molecular biology> The N glycosidic link between purine bases and deoxyribose in DNA has an appreciable rate of spontaneous cleavage in vivo, a lesion that must be enzymically repaired to ensure stability of the genetic information. (18 Nov 1997) |