See Also: hetastarch(medicine)
speld(1)(dictionary)
speld(2)(dictionary)

speld(1) (iou) and hetastarch (medicine)


speld(1) (iou)



speld noun.OE-LME.
[Old English speld = Old Norse speld, spjald (Norwegian spjeld, Swedish spjell) rel. to Gothic spilda, Middle High German & German dial. spelte tablet, splinter, chip, from Germanic.]
A glimmer of fire, a spark; a chip, a splinter.
? Perh. earlier form of SPELL noun2.

hetastarch (medicine)


hetastarch
<chemical> A derivative of starch used as a plasma substitute in the treatment of haemorrhage.

Pharmacological action: plasma substitutes.

Chemical name: Starch, 2-hydroxyethyl ether