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Adenylic acid (medicine) and devitalization (medicine)


Adenylic acid (medicine)


adenylic acid


A condensation product of adenosine and phosphoric acid; a nucleotide found among the hydrolysis products of all nucleic acids. 3'-Adenylic acid (adenosine 3'-monophosphate) and 5'-adenylic acid (adenosine 5'-monophosphate) differ in the place of attachment of the phosphoric acid to the d-ribose; deoxyadenylic acid differs in having H instead of OH at the 2' position of d-ribose.

See: AMP.

Synonym: adenine nucleotide.


devitalization (medicine)


devitalization


1. Deprivation of vitality or of vital properties.

2. In dentistry, the process by which tooth pulp is destroyed; e.g., by chemical means, by infection, or by extirpation.