ACE inhibitor
angiotensinonverting enzyme inhibitor | 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 treat congestive heart failure |
| angiogenesis inhibitor | a drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumors |
| angiotensin II inhibitor | an agent that retards or restrains the action of angiotensin II |
| Cox- inhibitor | an anti-inflammatory drug that fights pain and blocks Cox- activity without impeding the activity of Cox-, increases the risk of heart attacks, Cox- inhibitors reduce the symptoms of arthritis without endangering the stomach and kidneys |
monoamine oxidase inhibitor
MAOI | any of a group of antidepressant drugs that inhibit the action of monoamine oxidase in the brain and so allow monoamines to accumulate |
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NNRTI | an antiviral drug used against HIV, binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA, often used in combination with other drugs |
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NRTI | an antiviral drug used against HIV, is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process, results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus, often used in combination with other drugs |
protease inhibitor
PI | an antiviral drug used against HIV, interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease, often used in combination with other drugs |
| reverse transcriptase inhibitor | an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV |
selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor
SSRI | an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain |
| tyrosine kinase inhibitor | a drug used in cases of chronic myeloid leukemia |
construction
mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
deduction
deductive reasoning
synthesis | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) |
synthesis
synthetic thinking | the combination of ideas into a complex whole |
| synthesis | the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) |
HMG-CoA reductase
-hydroxy--methylglutaryloenzyme A reductase | a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol |
| inhibitor | a substance that retards or stops an activity |
| rust inhibitor | antioxidant that inhibits the formation of rust |
| reductase | an enzyme that catalyses the biochemical reduction of some specified substance |
cholesterol
cholesterin | an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver, the most abundant steroid in animal tissues |
| HDL cholesterol | the cholesterol in high-density lipoproteins, the `good' cholesterol, a high level in the blood is thought to lower the risk of coronary artery disease |
| LDL cholesterol | the cholesterol in low-density lipoproteins, the `bad' cholesterol, a high level in the blood is thought to be related to various pathogenic conditions |
| oxidized LDL cholesterol | LDL cholesterol that has been bombarded by free radicals, it is thought to cause atherosclerosis |