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kultur (iou) and RU-486 (medicine)


kultur (iou)



kultur noun. Also Kultur. E20.
[German from Latin cultura or French culture CULTURE noun.]
German civilization and culture, esp. (derog.) seen as racialist, authoritarian, and militaristic.
Comb.: kulturgeschichte an agent of cultural transmission.

RU-486 (medicine)


RU-486 -->
mifepristone
<chemical> A progestational and glucocorticoid hormone antagonist. Its inhibition of progesterone induces bleeding during the luteal phase and in early Pregnancy by releasing endogenous prostaglandins from the endometrium or decidua. As a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, the drug has been used to treat hypercortisolism in patients with nonpituitary cushing's syndrome.

Pharmacological action: abortifacient agents, steroidal, contraceptives, oral, synthetic, contraceptives, postcoital, synthetic, hormone antagonists, luteolytic agents, menstruation-inducing agents.

Chemical name: Estra-4,9-dien-3-one, 11-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)-17-hydroxy-17-(1-propynyl)-, (11beta,17beta)-