CARNOSITIES OF THE URETHRA
\kɑːnˈɒsɪtiz ɒvðə jˈʊ͡əɹɛθɹə], \kɑːnˈɒsɪtiz ɒvðə jˈʊəɹɛθɹə], \k_ɑː_n_ˈɒ_s_ɪ_t_i_z ɒ_v_ð_ə j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ɛ_θ_ɹ_ə]\
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Small fleshy excrescences or fungous growths, which were, at one time, presumed to exist in the male urethra, whenever retention of urine followed gonorrhoea. M. Cullerier uses the term Carnosite venerienne for a cutaneous, cellular, and membranous tumour, dependent upon the syphilitic virus. See, also, Polysarcia.
By Robley Dunglison
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.
Nearby Words
- carnosaur
- carnosaura
- carnose
- carnosine
- carnosine, (d his) isomer
- Carnosities of the urethra
- carnosity
- carnosus
- carnot
- carnot cycle
- carnot's cycle