| DHPCCB | dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker |
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| EFC | elastin fragment concentration; endogenous fecal calcium; ephemeral fever of cattle |
| lo calc | low calcium |
| MAC | MacConkey [broth]; major ambulatory category; malignancy-associated changes; maximum allowable conce... |
| NCX | sodium-calcium exchanger |
| calcium pyrophosphate | <chemical> Diphosphoric acid, calcium salt. An inorganic pyrophosphate which affects calcium metabolism in mammals. Abnormalities in its metabolism occur in some human diseases, notably hypophosphatasia and pseudogout. Chemical name: Diphosphoric acid, calcium salt (12 Dec 1998) |
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| calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease | <radiology> Manifestations can occur singly or in any combination, pseudogout, acute crystal-induced synovitis with clinical symptoms analogous to gout, arthropathy, beaklike osteophytes of 2nd, 3rd metacarpal heads, subchondral cysts (especially carpal bones), unusual distribution of disease (radiocarpal/ulnar joint, patellofemoral joint), SLAC - scapholunate advanced collapse, chondrocalcinosis, triangular fibrocartilage, symphysis pubis, menisci of knee, annulus fibrosus of intervertebral disk (12 Dec 1998) |
| calcium radioisotopes | Unstable isotopes of calcium that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. Ca atoms with atomic weights 39, 41, 45, 47, 49, and 50 are radioactive calcium isotopes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| calcium rigor | Arrest of the heart in the fully contracted state as a result of poisoning with calcium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium saccharate | Calcium d-saccharate;used as an antacid in dyspepsia and flatulence, as an antidote in carbolic acid poisoning, and as a stabiliser for calcium gluconate solution for parenteral administration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium sign | In chest radiography, displacement of the line of the calcified intima of the aorta away from its outer wall, a finding in a small percentage of cases of dissection of blood in the aortic media; the expression "displaced intimal calcification" is preferred to the listed term. See: aortic dissection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium stearate | Used in the preparation of tablets as a lubricant for tablet machinery and to keep powder mixtures flowing. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium sulfate | <chemical> It exists in an anhydrous form and in various states of hydration: the hemihydrate is plaster of paris, the dihydrate is gypsum. It is used in building materials, as a desiccant, in dentistry as an impression material, cast, or die, and in medicine for immobilizing casts and as a tablet excipient. Pharmacological action: dental materials, excipient. Chemical name: Sulfuric acid, calcium salt (1:1) (12 Dec 1998) |
| calcium sulfite | Used as an intestinal antiseptic, and locally in the treatment of parasitic skin diseases. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium trisodium pentetate | The calcium trisodium salt of pentetic acid. Synonym: calcium trisodium pentetate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium tungstate | A phosphor with a high stopping power for X-rays that was formerly used widely in fluoroscopic screens and intensifying screens for radiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| racaemic calcium pantothenate | <chemistry> A mixture of the calcium salts of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory isomers of pantothenic acid; same uses as calcium pantothenate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pentetate trisodium calcium | The calcium trisodium salt of pentetic acid. Synonym: calcium trisodium pentetate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ryanodine receptor calcium release channel | Protein complexes that mediate the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum in both skeletal and cardiac muscle cells by forming tetrametric complexes. These complexes each then act as a calcium channel. There are three isoforms of the ryr: ryr1, ryr2, and ryr3. Ryr1 is specifically expressed in skeletal muscles and ryr2 in cardiac muscles. Ryr3 is yet another isoform found in non-muscle cells such as neuronal cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| citrated calcium carbimide | A mixture of two parts citric acid to one part calcium carbimide; in the metabolism of ethanol, it slows the conversion of acetaldehyde to acetate; used in the treatment of alcoholism. (05 Mar 2000) |