nomial |
<mathematics> A name or term. Origin: Cf. Binomial. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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nomic |
Customary; ordinary; applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. Nomic spelling. Origin: Gr, fr. A law, custom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nomifensine |
<chemical> 8-amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-phenylisoquinoline. An isoquinoline derivative that prevents dopamine reuptake into synaptosomes. The maleate was formerly used in the treatment of depression. It was withdrawn worldwide in 1986 due to the risk of acute haemolytic anaemia with intravascular haemolysis resulting from its use. In some cases, renal failure also developed. Pharmacological action: dopamine uptake inhibitors. Chemical name: 8-Isoquinolinamine, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-phenyl- (12 Dec 1998) |
nomifensine maleate |
8-Amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-phenylisoquinoline maleate;an antidepressant. (05 Mar 2000) |
Nomina Anatomica |
The modification of the Basle Nomina Anatomica or BNA system of anatomical terminology adopted in 1955 by the International Congress of Anatomists in Paris, France. The International Anatomical Nomenclature Committee is responsible for continued revisions of the NA which are reviewed and adopted by the International Congress of Anatomists meeting at five-year intervals since 1950. (05 Mar 2000) |
nominal aphasia |
An aphasia in which the principal deficit is difficulty in naming persons and objects seen, heard, or felt; due to lesions in various portions of the language area. Synonym: amnestic aphasia, amnesic aphasia, anomia, anomic aphasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
nominal taxon |
<zoology> A named taxon, objectively defined by its type taxon Thus the nominal family muscidae is always the one to which its nominal type genus, Musca, belongs. (09 Jan 1998) |
nominalist |
<psychology> One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nominate |
1. To mention by name; to name. "To nominate them all, it is impossible." (Shak) 2. To call; to entitle; to denominate. 3. To set down in express terms; to state. "Is it so noiminated in the bond?" (Shak) 4. To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; especially, to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointment; to propose by name, or offer the name of, as a candidate for an office or place. Origin: L. Nominatus, p. P. Of nominare to nominate, fr. Nomen name. See Name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
nominate subordinate taxon |
<zoology> A subordinate taxon which bears the same names as its immediate higher taxon. Thus Grus grus is the nominate species of the genus Grus. (09 Jan 1998) |