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| follitropin | An acidic glycoprotein hormone of the anterior pituitary that stimulates the graafian follicles of the ovary and assists subsequently in follicular maturation and the secretion of estradiol; in the male, it stimulates the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules and is partially responsible for inducing spermatogenesis. Synonym: follicle-stimulating hormone, follicle-stimulating principle, gametokinetic hormone. Origin: follicle + G. Trope, a turning, + -in (05 Mar 2000) |
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| alfa grass | A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fibre, used in paper making. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| epoetin alfa | <chemical> A 165-amino acid glycoprotein (approximately 62% protein and 38% carbohydrate by weight) that regulates red blood cell production. Epoetin alfa is produced by chinese hamster ovary cells into which the human erythropoetin gene has been inserted. Pharmacological action: haematinics. (12 Dec 1998) |
| bleaching powder | A mixture of varying proportions of complexes of chlorine with calcium oxide and calcium hydroxide. Contains 24-37% available chlorine. Decomposes in moist conditions to liberate chlorine. Strong irritant due to chlorine vapors. Used for disinfecting drinking water, sewage etc.; in the bleaching of wood pulp, linen, cotton, straw, oils, soaps, and laundry; as an oxidiser; in destroying caterpillars; and as a decontaminant for mustard gas and similar substances. Synonym: bleaching powder. (05 Mar 2000) |
| goa powder | A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained. Origin: So called from Goa, on the Malabar coast, whither it was shipped from Portugal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| powder | 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. "Grind their bones to powder small." (Shak) 2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder. Atlas powder, Baking powder, etc. See Atlas, Baking, etc. Powder down, a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy. Powder post. See Dry rot, under Dry. Powder puff. See Puff. Origin: OE. Poudre, pouldre, F. Poudre, OF. Also poldre, puldre, L. Pulvis, pulveris: cf. Pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. Pollen. Cf. Polverine, Pulverize. 1. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily. 2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| powder-posted | Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot, under Dry. (01 Mar 1998) |
| dover's powder | <alchemy> A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne diaphoretic. Origin: From Dr. Dover, an English physician. (04 Mar 1998) |
| james's powder | <medicine> Antimonial powder, first prepared by Dr. James, ar English physician. Synonym: fever powder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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