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conservation (iou) and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (medicine)


conservation (iou)



Conservation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin conservatio(n-), from conservat- pa. ppl stem of conservare: see CONSERVE verb, -ATION.]
The action of keeping from harm, decay, loss, or waste; careful preservation. LME.
b. The preservation of existing conditions, institutions, rights, etc. LME.
c. The preservation of the environment, esp. of natural resources. E20.
Official charge and care of rivers, sewers, forests, etc.; conservancy. L15.
Physics. (A principle stating) the invariance of the total quantity of energy (or any of certain Other physical properties) possessed by a system of bodies not subject to external action. M19.
Conservation of energy, Conservation of mass, Conservation of momentum, etc.
The preserving of fruit etc. L19.
Comb.: Conservation area an area containing noteworthy buildings etc. which is specially protected by law from undesirable changes; Conservation law: stating the Conservation (sense 3) of a particular physical property (under some or all circumstances or in certain interactions).
conservational adjective M19.
conservationist noun a proponent or advocate of (esp. environmental) Conservation L19.

dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (medicine)


dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine
<chemical> Synthetic phospholipid used in liposomes and lipid bilayers for the study of biological membranes.

Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents.

Chemical name: 3,5,9-Trioxa-4-phosphatricosan-1-aminium, 4-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-10-oxo-7-((1-oxotetradecyl)oxy)-, inner salt, 4-oxide