(n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
(v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.
(v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
(v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
(v. t.) To compose; to constitute.
(v. t.) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.
(v. i.) To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
(v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
(n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
(n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen.
Example Sentences:
(1) These factors might account for the lower systemic bioavailability of these compounds.
(2) The interaction of the antibody with both the bacterial and the tissue derived polysialic acids suggests that the conformational epitope critical for the interaction is formed by both classes of compounds.
(3) These organic compounds were found to be stable on the sorbent tubes for at least seven days.
(4) Compound Z has the properties expected of an oxidized MPT precursor.
(5) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
(6) Recent data collected by the Games Outcomes Project and shared on the website Gamasutra backs up the view that crunch compounds these problems rather than solving them.
(7) There fore, the adverse effects may be induced by such quartz or silicon compounds.
(8) Fluorination with [18F]acetylhypofluorite yields 6-[18F]fluoro-L-dopa with 95% radiochemical purity; fluorination of the same substrate with [18F]F2 yields a mixture of all three structural isomers in a ratio of 70:16:14 for 6-, 5-, and 2-fluoro compounds.
(9) Mitonafide is the lead compound of a new series of antitumor drugs, the 3-Nitronaphthalimides, which have shown antineoplastic activity in vitro as well as in vivo.
(10) We have examined the activities of X, Y, and several related compounds as activators of macrophages.
(11) [125I]ET-1 binding to ETB receptors (nonselective to ET isopeptides) in cerebellar membranes was not inhibited by either of these compounds even at 100 microM.
(12) The individual classes of drugs are first treated separately to highlight specific aspects of their quantification, and this is followed by an overview of those methods permitting the concomitant analysis of two or more antiepileptic compounds.
(13) The remainder of the radioactivity appeared chromatographically just prior to the bisantrene peak, indicating that compounds more polar than the parent were present as transformation products.
(14) The ADAM derivative of carnitine was separated from decomposition products of the reagent and related compounds such as amino acid derivatives on a silica gel column eluted with methanol-5% aqueous SDS-phosphoric acid (990:10:1).
(15) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
(16) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
(17) All three compounds were also very similar in their effects on [3H]5HT release from superfused rat striatal slices.
(18) A new compound, 5-bromo-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)furnan (IIc), is prepared in a similar way.
(19) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
(20) S-methyl-l-cysteine, 2-hydroxy-4-methiol butyric acid, S-adenosyl-l-methionine, and methionine peptides were the only compounds supporting growth, when substituted for methionine.
Urethane
Definition:
(n.) A white crystalline substance, NH2.CO.OC2H5, produced by the action of ammonia on ethyl carbonate. It is used somewhat in medicine as a hypnotic. By extension, any one of the series of related substances of which urethane proper is the type.
Example Sentences:
(1) In urethane-anesthetized rabbits, IOP and blood pressure were lowered by intravenous administration of delta 9-THC but not by bolus cerebral administration.
(2) Chloralose-urethane is considered a suitable anaesthetic in rats when studying the effects of noradrenaline and guanethidine.
(3) Experiments were carried out under urethane anaesthesia.
(4) Urethane also produced a trend towards metabolic acidosis.
(5) Differential pulse voltammetry used in combination with an electrochemically treated carbon fiber electrode allowed the detection of 5-hydroxyindoles (5-HI) in the dorsal horn of the urethane-anesthetized rat.
(6) Seven or 14 days of treatment with the beta 2-adrenoceptor agonist clenbuterol, 0.3 mg kg-1, s.c., twice daily, increased the basal mean blood pressure in normotensive urethane-anaesthetized rats.
(7) To try to compare receptor compartment kinetics, receptor binding, and binding-response coupling for two smooth muscle types in vivo, pressor and uterine responses to oxypressin, an equipotent analog of oxytocin and vasopressin, were studied simultaneously in urethane-anesthetized, pentolinium-indomethacin treated rats.
(8) Single unit discharges in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) and lateral hypothalamic area (LH) were extracellularly recorded in urethane anesthetised female rats, while various solutions were perfused through the stomach or duodenum via implanted polythene tubes.
(9) The role of the sympatho-adrenal system in the production of tachycardia accompanying the hypotensive response to hydralazine was studied in urethane-anesthetized rats subjected to previous bilateral adrenal demedullation or to pretreatment with 6-hydroxydopamine and compared with intact control animals.
(10) A germ line mutation causing a tumour ('tumour mutation') is weakly carcinogenic by itself, but it is strongly expressed in the progeny after postnatal treatment with a small dose of the carcinogenesis promoting agent urethane.
(11) Experiments were carried out on 36 urethane-chloralose aneasthesized, paralyzed, vagotomized and artificially ventilated rabbits.
(12) Fasting hyperglycemia was observed in urethane-anesthetized rats.
(13) Much evidence now exists which defines the ability of poly(ether)urethanes to selectively extract ions, especially calcium ion from solution.
(14) Filling of the gastric lumen of rats with 1.0 M NaCl solution (5 ml) for 10 min under urethane anesthesia caused an increase in the gastric fluid concentrations of prostaglandin (PG) E2, 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGE2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha as determined by radioimmunoassay.
(15) The effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on the mechanism regulating growth hormone (GH) secretion was investigated in urethane-anesthetized male rats.
(16) In urethane-anesthetized rats, low frequency electrical stimulation of the thalamic radiation (TR) evoked an augmenting response in the somatosensory cortex (SCx) which was followed by rhythmic slow waves.
(17) The frequencies of transformations of primary human and Chinese hamster fibroblasts have been compared with the spontaneous and induced frequencies of mutation for resistance to thioguanine and ouabain, and for ability to use fructose, using the carcinogens benzo (alpha) pyrene and urethane.
(18) In urethane-anaesthetized rats clonidine was administered intravenously (i.v.
(19) One end of the spacer group was coupled to the derivatized surface through a urethane bond between the amine group of the spacer and the derivatized surface.
(20) These compounds were tested for anticarcinogenic activity against urethane-induced pulmonary adenomas and for antitumoral activity against some transplanted tumours such as leukemia L 1210, mammary adenocarcinoma Ca 755 and Walker carcinosarcoma 256.