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AQUEOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produced by the action of water
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Domain category:
geology (a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks)
Antonym:
igneous (produced by the action of fire or intense heat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Similar to or containing or dissolved in water
Example:
aqueous solutions
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
Context examples:
Increased pressure in both eyeballs due to obstruction of the outflow of aqueous humor.
(Bilateral Glaucoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Used for open angle glaucoma and eye hypertension, topical administration decreases intraocular pressure with minimal effect on cardiovascular parameters, reducing aqueous humor production and increasing uveoscleral outflow.
(Brimodine, NCI Thesaurus)
A form of glaucoma in which the intraocular pressure increases because the angle of the anterior chamber is blocked and the aqueous humor cannot drain from the anterior chamber.
(Angle Closure Glaucoma, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An orally active aqueous extract derived from the plant Scutellaria barbata with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Apoptosis Inducer BZL101, NCI Thesaurus)
Amino Acid Transporter proteins carry organic compounds containing an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group through solubility barriers, such as aqueous body fluids, lipid membranes or across epithelial layers.
(Amino Acid Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)
When applied topically in the eye, it lowers intraocular pressure by reducing aqueous humor secretion.
(Betaxolol Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
Acetazolamide reduces the concentration of bicarbonate, resulting in a decreased synthesis of aqueous humor in the eye, thereby lowering intraocular pressure.
(Acetazolamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon ocular administration, apraclonidine enhances aqueous humor uveoscleral outflow and decreases aqueous production by vasoconstriction.
(Apraclonidine, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrophoresis gel composed of agarose dissolved in an aqueous buffer.
(Agarose Gel, NCI Thesaurus)
When administered directly to eyes, apraclonidine hydrochloride enhances aqueous humor outflow and decreases aqueous production by vasoconstriction.
(Apraclonidine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
