Fw: RE: IT>ENG dermatology - corrections

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(Delayed because of e-mail problems... Ursula)

RE: IT>ENG dermatology

>Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:42 AM

>

>*nitroglicerina* (could that be nitroglycerin, for treating heart

>conditions?)

>Yes.

>

>*glicosaminoglicani*

>Glycosaminoglycans - Heteropolysaccharides which contain an N-acetylated

>hexosamine in a characteristic repeating disaccharide unit. The repeating

>structure of each disaccharide involves alternate 1,4- and 1,3-linkages

>consisting of either N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine.

>

>*acido ialuronico*

>Hyaluronic acid - A natural high-viscosity mucopolysaccharide with

>alternating beta (1-3) glucuronide and beta (1-4) glucosaminidic bonds. It

>is found in the umbilical cord, in vitreous humor, in synovial fluid, in

>pathologic joints, in group A and C hemolytic streptococci, and in

>Wharton's

>jelly. (Merck, 11th ed)

>

>*cheratoplastico* (adjective referring to a product for the skin, NOT the

>grafting of the eye's corneal tissue)

>keratoplastic

>

>*cheratolitico*

>Keratolytic (agents) - Agents that soften, separate, and cause desquamation

>of the cornified epithelium or horny layer of skin. They are used to expose

>mycelia of infecting fungi or to treat corns, warts, and certain other skin

>diseases.

>

>is * corneociti* (the cells making up the stratum corneum of the skin)

>CORNEOCYTES ?

>Keratinocytes - Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo

>characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the

>epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of

>differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal

>cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell.

>

>*corpi di Odland* (it's written they make up the lipid matter that makes

>the

>flaky cells on the skin's surface adhere)

>???

>

>*niosomi* (synthetic fats, apparently)

>???

>

> All definitions from MEDLINE MeSH Browser [

>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/meshbrowser.cgi

><http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/meshbrowser.cgi> ]

>

>

>LP

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

(Delayed because of e-mail problems... Ursula)

RE: IT>ENG dermatology

>Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:42 AM

>

>*nitroglicerina* (could that be nitroglycerin, for treating heart

>conditions?)

>Yes.

>

>*glicosaminoglicani*

>Glycosaminoglycans - Heteropolysaccharides which contain an N-acetylated

>hexosamine in a characteristic repeating disaccharide unit. The repeating

>structure of each disaccharide involves alternate 1,4- and 1,3-linkages

>consisting of either N-acetylglucosamine or N-acetylgalactosamine.

>

>*acido ialuronico*

>Hyaluronic acid - A natural high-viscosity mucopolysaccharide with

>alternating beta (1-3) glucuronide and beta (1-4) glucosaminidic bonds. It

>is found in the umbilical cord, in vitreous humor, in synovial fluid, in

>pathologic joints, in group A and C hemolytic streptococci, and in

>Wharton's

>jelly. (Merck, 11th ed)

>

>*cheratoplastico* (adjective referring to a product for the skin, NOT the

>grafting of the eye's corneal tissue)

>keratoplastic

>

>*cheratolitico*

>Keratolytic (agents) - Agents that soften, separate, and cause desquamation

>of the cornified epithelium or horny layer of skin. They are used to expose

>mycelia of infecting fungi or to treat corns, warts, and certain other skin

>diseases.

>

>is * corneociti* (the cells making up the stratum corneum of the skin)

>CORNEOCYTES ?

>Keratinocytes - Epidermal cells which synthesize keratin and undergo

>characteristic changes as they move upward from the basal layers of the

>epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of

>differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal

>cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell.

>

>*corpi di Odland* (it's written they make up the lipid matter that makes

>the

>flaky cells on the skin's surface adhere)

>???

>

>*niosomi* (synthetic fats, apparently)

>???

>

> All definitions from MEDLINE MeSH Browser [

>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/meshbrowser.cgi

><http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/meshbrowser.cgi> ]

>

>

>LP

>

>

>