See Also: erythrite(dictionary)
Erythrite(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
carrying(dictionary)
Carrying value(money)
carrying angle(medicine)
carrying capacity(medicine)
Carrying costs(finance)
CARRYING AWAY, crim(law)
Carrying charge(finance)

carrying angle (medicine) and Erythrite (medicine)


carrying angle (medicine)


carrying angle


The angle made by the axes of the arm and the forearm, with the elbow in full extension.


Erythrite (medicine)


erythrite


1. <chemistry> A colourless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin. Now usu. Called erythritol, HO.CH2.CHOH.CHOH.CH2.OH Has coronary vasodilator activity.

2. <chemical> A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; called also erythrin or erythrine.

Origin: Gr. Red.

Source: Websters Dictionary