(converting)
21angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor — n ACE INHIBITOR …
22angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors — competitive inhibitors of peptidyl dipeptidase A (angiotensin converting enzyme), used for treatment of hypertension, usually in conjunction with a diuretic. They are effective in both renovascular and essential low renin hypertension. They are… …
23angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor — ACE inhibitor. A drug that is used to lower blood pressure. An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor is a type of antihypertensive agent. Also called ACE inhibitor …
24angiotensin converting enzyme — noun proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II • Syn: ↑angiotensin converting enzyme, ↑ACE • Hypernyms: ↑protease, ↑peptidase, ↑proteinase, ↑proteolytic enzyme * * * noun …
25angiotensin-converting enzyme — noun proteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II • Syn: ↑angiotensin converting enzyme, ↑ACE • Hypernyms: ↑protease, ↑peptidase, ↑proteinase, ↑proteolytic enzyme …
26angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor — noun an antihypertensive drug that blocks the formation of angiotensin II in the kidney, leading to relaxation of the arteries; promotes the excretion of salt and water by inhibiting the activity of the angiotensin converting enzyme; also used to …
27angiotensin converting enzyme — noun Date: 1960 a proteolytic enzyme that converts the physiologically inactive form of angiotensin to the active vasoconstrictive form …
28angiotensin converting enzyme — See angiotensin …
29endothelin converting enzyme — ECE 1 is an integral membrane protein belonging to the family of metalloproteinases that also includes ECE 2, neprilysin (endopeptidase 24.11) and Kell blood group protein. The catalytic site is in the large extracellular domain and contains a… …
30interleukin-1 converting enzyme — Cytoplasmic cysteine protease that is uniquely responsible for cleaving proIL 1 b (31 or 33 kD) into mature IL 1 b (17.5 kD) ; the active cytokine is then released by a non standard mechanism (there is no signal sequence and it does not pass… …