(a.) Needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
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Aerose
Definition:
(a.) Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy.
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(1) The efficacy of beclomethasone diproprionate aerosal (BDA) was studied in 27 steroid-dependent asthmatic children.
(2) 142 patients suffering from chronic obstructive lung disease were treated with 9-chloro-11beta,17,21-trihydroxy-16beta-methyl-pregna-4,4-diene-3,20-dione-17,21-dipropionate (beclometasone) metered aerosal.
(3) In five guinea pigs sensitized to HRP but challenged with a nonspecific aerosal made up of rabbit albumin, we found that pulmonary resistance increased in some animals and that this increase could be partially blocked by atropine.
(4) Dose-response relationships for bronchoconstriction in response to aerosal histamine were assessed before and after vagotomy in 11 dogs anesthetized with barbiturates and in 9 dogs anesthetized with alpha-chloralose-urethan.