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noun
- (computing) A particular high-level programming language.
- (slang) $100; a c-note.
- (music) A musical note; middle c.
- An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
proper noun
- Head of the Secret Intelligence Service, incorrectly identified in the James Bond literature as "M" ("C" during WW2 was Col. Stewart Menzies - from whence "M")
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| cachet |
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noun
- A special characteristic or quality.
- I remember when this diner was a quiet hangout, but lately it seems to be losing its .
- (archaic) A seal, as of a letter.
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| calamine |
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noun
- A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions
- The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite
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| camphor |
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noun
- (organic compound) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
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| canella |
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noun
- the aromatic inner bark of a species of Canella used as a spice with properties similar to cinnamon
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| cantharides |
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noun
- (plural of, cantharis)
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| capsule |
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noun
- (Physiology) membranous envelope
- (Botany) seed-case
- detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space
- small container containing dose of medicine
- weasel - suffolk slang
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| cathartic |
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noun - A laxative
adjective - purgative; inducing catharsis
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| cephalosporin |
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noun
- Any of a class of natural and synthetic antibiotics developed from Cephalosporium fungi, having a cepham structure.
- 2001: Another important group of antibiotics, the cephalosporins, a class that includes more than twenty-five different drugs, are chemically distinct from the penicillins but act in the same way as cell wall inhibitors, as do vancomycin and bacitracin. " Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 63)
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| chloroform |
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noun
- (chemistry) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.
verb
- To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.
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| coagulant |
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noun
- A substance that causes coagulation.
- Magnesium sulfate is the used in making tofu, it causes the liquid soy milk to separate into solid tofu and water.
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| cocaine |
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noun
- (uncountable) A stimulant narcotic in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.
- (countable) Any derivative of cocaine.
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| cocktail |
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noun
- An alcoholic beverage containing multiple types of liquor
- They visited a pub noted for the wide range of cocktails they serve.
- 1806, 13 May 1806 edition of Balance and Columbian Repository, published by Hudson, New York, (first appearance in print):
- : Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters " it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.
- A mixture of other substances.
- "Scientists found a of pollutants in the river downstream of the chemical factory."
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| codeine |
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noun
- (pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and cough suppressant; often mixed with aspirin etc.
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| colchicine |
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noun
- A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.
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| conf. |
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abbreviation - conference
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| confection |
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noun
- something sweet, as a pastry or candy
- The table was covered with all sorts of tempting confections.
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| controlled substance |
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noun
- (idiom) A drug deemed to be illegal by a government (especially the United States of America) except for very limited professional testing purposes.
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| cortisol |
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noun
- (steroid hormone) The steroid hormone hydrocortisone.
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| cortisone |
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noun - (steroid hormone) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, that functions (with adrenaline) to combat stress.
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| curare |
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noun
- A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.
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| cycloheximide |
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noun
- an agricultural fungicide
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| cyclophosphamide |
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noun - An immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer.
category:Pharmaceutical drugs
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| cyclosporine |
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noun
- a cyclic oligopeptide, obtained from soil fungi, used as an immunosuppressive drug after an organ transplant
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