| lo calc | low calcium |
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| MAC | MacConkey [broth]; major ambulatory category; malignancy-associated changes; maximum allowable conce... |
| NCX | sodium-calcium exchanger |
| NDHPCCB | non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker |
| TBC | thyroxine-binding coagulin; total body calcium; total body clearance; tuberculosis |
| calcium hydroxy apatite | <radiology> All calcification in soft tissues is hydroxyapatite, except cartilage (chondrocalcinosis): calcium pyrophosphate see also: Milwaukee shoulder (12 Dec 1998) |
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| calcium hypophosphite | Has been used for rickets and impaired nutrition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium-independent processing protease | <enzyme> Converts hiv-1 gp160 precursor to gp120 and gp41 Registry number: EC 3.4.- Synonym: viral envelope glycoprotein maturase, vem enzyme (26 Jun 1999) |
| calcium iodate | Used as a dusting powder and, in lotion and ointment, as an antiseptic and deodorant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium iodobehenate | A calcium salt, (C21H42ICOO)2Ca, formerly used to meet the indications of the ordinary iodides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium ipodate | Calcium salt of 3-[(dimethylaminomethylene)amino]-2,4,6-triiodohydrocinnamic acid;a radiopaque medium used in cholangiography and cholecystography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium isotopes | Stable calcium atoms that have the same atomic number as the element calcium, but differ in atomic weight. Ca-42-44, 46, and 48 are stable calcium isotopes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| calcium lactate | Used as a calcium replenisher. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium lactophosphate | A mixture of calcium lactate, calcium acid lactate, and calcium acid phosphate; used as a calcium and phosphorus dietary supplement. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium leucovorin | <drug> The calcium salt of leucovorin (folinic acid); used to counteract toxic effects of folic acid antagonists, for the treatment of megaloblastic anaemias, and as an adjunct to cyanocobalamin in pernicious anaemia. Synonym: calcium folinate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium levulinate | A hydrated calcium salt of levulinic acid; it has the usual effects of calcium administered orally or intravenously. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium magnesium-atpase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of ATP and is activated by millimolar concentrations of either calcium or magnesium. Unlike calcium-transporting atpase it does not require the second divalent cation for its activity, and is not sensitive to orthovanadate. Registry number: EC 3.6.1.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| calcium magnesium dependent endodeoxyribonuclease | <enzyme> Similar in action but different from dnase i Registry number: EC 3.1.21.- Synonym: ca mg dnase, ca(2+)+mg(2+) dnase, calcium-magnesium endonuclease, ca-mg endonuclease (26 Jun 1999) |
| calcium mandelate | Calcium salt of mandelic acid; a urinary anti-infective agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcium metabolism | A set of biochemical processes which act to keep the level of calcium in the blood at a constant level, with enough around to build bones and teeth. (09 Oct 1997) |