Chloropromazine : A phenothiazine derivative used as an antiemetic and tranquillizer.
Chlorpropamide: A white crystalline powder, used as a hypoglycaemic drug.
Chlortetracycline: A broadspectrum antibiotic used. as an antibacterial and antiprotozoal.
Chlorthalidone : A yellow-white powder, used as a diuretic. Chlorzoxazone : A skeletal muscle relaxant.
Cholagogue, Cathartic: (1) An agent that promotes bile flow. Cholangitis: Inflammation of bile ducts.
Cholecalciferol: An antirachitic vitamin, activated 5, 7-cholestadien
Cholecystitis:-inflammatiomn of the gall bladder
Cholecytokinin: A honnone liberated by the intestinal mucosa which stimulates the contraction of gall bladder.
Choleic acid: The coordination complexes fonned, by deoxycholic acid with fatty acids.
Cholera: An acute infectious disease characterized by severe intestinal disturbances.
Cholera vaccine: A sterile suspension of killed cholera vibrios, used as an active immunizing agent.
Choleretic: An agent that promotes fonnation and secretion of bile. Cholestane : A saturated steroid hydrocarbon obtained by reduction of cholesterol.
Cholestanol : A compound formed by reduction of cholesterol. Cholestanone: An oxidation product of dihydrocholesterol. Cholestasis : Stoppage or supperssion ?fbile flow. Cholestennia : The presence of cholesterol in the blood in higher percentage than normal. Cholesterogenesis : Synthesis of cholesterol.
Cholesterol: A sterol derived from animal and vegetable tissues, fatty in appearance.
Cholesterolosis : A condition in which cholesterol is deposited in tissues in abnonncil quantities. Cholesterouria : The excretion of cholesterol in urine.
Cholic acid: The most abundant bile acid, used in biomedical research. and emulsifying agent.
Choline: A component of lecithin, a phospholipid, and a precursor of acetylcholine, widely distributed in nature and found in egg, meat, fish, milk, cereals, fruits, etc.
Choline acetylase: An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the reaction acetyl-CoA and choline.
Cholinergic: Relating to the basic compound choline which is essential to the function of liver.
Cholinergic blockade: Selective inhibition by a drug of nerve impulse transmission.
Cholinergic nerve parasympathetic nerve
liberates acetylcholine.
Cholinester : An ester of choline. Cholinesterase: Any enzyme found in blood and in various other tissues that catalyzes hydrolysis of choline. . ester.
Cholinomimetic: Having an action similar to that of acetylcholine. Choluria: The presence of bile in the urine.
Chondral: Pertaining to cartilage. Chondrectomy: Surgical removal of cartilage.
Chondrin: A mixture of gelatin and mucin.
Chondrocyte: A mature cartilage cell embedded in a lacuna within the cartilage matrix.
Chondrodynia : Pain in a cartilage. Chorda: Any cord.
Chorea: The ceaseless occunence of movements.
Choriocarcinoma: Malignant tumor of chorionic tissue.
Chorion: The outermost foetal
. membrane.
Chorionic gonadotrophin: A dry, sterile preparation of placental glycoproteins that has luteinizing activity .
Chorioretinitis: Inflammation of the choroid.
Choroid: A thin pigmented membrane lining the posterior compartment of the eye.
Choroiditis: Uveitis affecting the
choroid. .
Christians disease: A clotting disorder caused by the hereditary deficiency of plasma thermboplastic component.
Chromate: Any salt of chromic acid. Chromatin: (1) Chromosual material extracted from cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells. (2) A complex DNA protein.
Chromatography: A separation technique based on differential solubility and adsoIption or partition or ion-exchange, etc.
- Absorption chromatography: A
separ~tion technique in which the stationary phase is a non-specific adsorbent, such as siliCa gel.
- Column chromatography: A separation technique. in which a sorbent is packed in a column.
- Gas chromatography: An automatic chromatography in which a solution of mixture is vapourized and carried by an inert gas through a column.
- Gel filtration (permeation)
chromatography: That in which
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the stationary phase consists of
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