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51castoroil — castor oil n. A colorless or pale yellowish oil extracted from the seeds of the castor oil plant, used pharmaceutically as a laxative and skin softener and industrially as a lubricant. [Possibly from a former use as a substitute for castor in… …
52magnesium trisilicate — Chem. a white, fine, odorless and tasteless powder, Mg2O8Si3·nH2O, used industrially to absorb odors and decolorize and pharmaceutically as an antacid. * * * …
53poppy family — the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot,… …
54tunicate — /tooh ni kit, kayt , tyooh /, n. 1. Zool. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water. adj. Also …
55heterocyclic compound — Any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain one or more rings of atoms with at least one atom (the heteroatom) being an element other than carbon, most frequently oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur. As in regular cyclic hydrocarbons,… …
56Papaveraceae — ▪ plant family poppy family of the order Papaverales, with 44 genera and 760 species; most of these are herbaceous plants, but the family includes some woody shrubs and a genus of small tropical trees. The family is outstanding for its many …
57nutriceutical — adjective Both nutritionally and pharmaceutically beneficial. The C Team, along with consulting pharmacists and nutriceutical formulators, have developed, through a series of trials with actual medicinal marijuana patients, a way for anyone,… …
58alprostadil — A vasodilator used for palliative therapy to temporarily maintain patency of the ductus arteriosus in neonates with congenital heart defects. SYN: prostaglandin E1. * * * al·pros·ta·dil al präs tə dil n a vasodilating prostaglandin C20H34O …
59diluent — 1. Ingredient in a medicinal preparation that lacks pharmacologic activity but is pharmaceutically necessary or desirable. In tablet or capsule dosage forms, this may be lactose or starch; it is particularly useful in increasing the bulk of… …
60dinoprostone — An oxytocic agent used as an abortifacient. SYN: prostaglandin E2. * * * n. a prostaglandin drug used mainly to induce labour. It is administered a vaginal tablet or gel. Trade names: Propess, Prostin E2. * * * di·no·prost·one (di″no… …
