See Also: uterine relaxing factor(medicine)
uterine part of uterine tube(medicine)
uterine opening of uterine tubes(medicine)
uterine ostium of uterine tubes(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
relaxing(dictionary)
relaxing enzyme(medicine)
endothelial relaxing factor(medicine)
cactus(dictionary)
cactus(dictionary)

uterine relaxing factor (medicine) and cactus (iou)


uterine relaxing factor (medicine)


uterine relaxing factor -->
relaxin
<protein> Polypeptide hormone produced by corpus luteum and found in the blood of pregnant animals. Acts, as its name suggests, to cause muscle relaxation during parturition. Human relaxin has an A chain of 24 amino acids and a B chain of 29. Has structural similarity to insulin.


cactus (iou)



cactus noun. , -uses. E17.
[Latin from Greek kaktos cardoon.]
1. = CARDOON. E17-E19.
2. A succulent plant of the family Cactaceae, with thick fleshy stems, usu. spiny and without leaves, and often brilliantly coloured flowers. M18.
Comb.: cactus dahlia a variety of dahlia with rolled-back flower-rays resembling a cactus flower.
cactaceous adjective of or pertaining to the family Cactaceae M19.