prodrugs |
A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug. (12 Dec 1998) |
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produce |
1. To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court. "Produce your cause, saith the Lord." (Isa. Xli. 21) "Your parents did not produce you much into the world." (Swift) 2. To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth; to give birth to; to bear; to generate; to propagate; to yield; to furnish; as, the earth produces grass; trees produce fruit; the clouds produce rain. "This soil produces all sorts of palm trees." (Sandys) "[They] produce prodigious births of body or mind." (Milton) "The greatest jurist his country had produced." (Macaulay) 3. To cause to be or to happen; to originate, as an effect or result; to bring about; as, disease produces pain; vice produces misery. 4. To give being or form to; to manufacture; to make; as, a manufacturer produces excellent wares. 5. To yield or furnish; to gain; as, money at interest produces an income; capital produces profit. 6. To draw out; to extend; to lengthen; to prolong; as, to produce a man's life to threescore. 7. <geometry> To extend; applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle. Origin: L. Producere, productum, to bring forward, beget, produce; pro forward, forth + ducere to lead. See Duke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
producer gas |
Fuel gas high in carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), produced by burning a solid fuel with insufficient air or by passing a mixture of air and steam through a burning bed of solid fuel. (05 Dec 1998) |
product |
1. Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labour, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the products of the season, or of the farm; the products of manufactures; the products of the brain. "There are the product Of those ill-mated marriages." (Milton) "These institutions are the products of enthusiasm." (Burke) 2. <mathematics> The number or sum obtained by adding one number or quantity to itself as many times as there are units in another number; the number resulting from the multiplication of two or more numbers; as, the product of the multiplication of 7 by 5 is 35. In general, the result of any kind of multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication. Synonym: Produce, production, fruit, result, effect, consequence, outcome, work, performance. Origin: L. Productus, p. Pr. Of producere. See Produce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
product inhibition |
Inhibition of an enzyme activity by a product of the reaction catalyzed by that enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
product labeling |
Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a product or its container or wrapper. It includes purpose, effect, description, directions, hazards, warnings, and other relevant information. (12 Dec 1998) |
product line management |
Management control systems for structuring health care delivery strategies around case types, as in drgs, or specific clinical services. (12 Dec 1998) |
product packaging |
Form in which product is processed or wrapped and labelled. (12 Dec 1998) |
product recovery |
The process of separating a desired recombinant protein from the growth medium and the other elements in the host cells in which it was grown. (14 Nov 1997) |
product surveillance, postmarketing |
Surveillance of drugs, devices, appliances, etc., for efficacy or adverse effects, after they have been released for general sale. (12 Dec 1998) |
product, gene |
The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the degree of gene activity. (12 Dec 1998) |
product-moment correlation |
A statistical procedure which yields the correlation coefficient referred to as r (-1.00 to +1.00) and involves the actual values, rather than the ranks (rank order) of the measurements. (05 Mar 2000) |
production |
The act or process of producing, bringing forth or making. (18 Nov 1997) |
productive |
Producing or forming, said especially of an inflammation that produces new tissue or of a cough that brings forth sputum or mucus. (18 Nov 1997) |
productive inflammation |
A vague term ordinarily used with reference to proliferative inflammation, with or without an exudate; also sometimes used to indicate any inflammation in which grossly visible exudate is formed. (05 Mar 2000) |