See Also: diaheliotropic(dictionary)
diaheliotropic(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital- Medicine Lodge(health)
Aluminum(medicine)
aluminum(encyclopedia)
aluminum hydroxide(medicine)
aluminum hydroxide gel(medicine)
aluminum group(medicine)
aluminum hydrate(medicine)

aluminum silicate (medicine) and diaheliotropic (iou)


aluminum silicate (medicine)


aluminum silicate -->
kaolin
<chemical> The most common mineral of a group of hydrated aluminum silicates, approximately h2al2si2o8-h2o. It is prepared for pharmaceutical and medicinal purposes by levigating with water to remove sand, etc. The name is derived from kao-ling (Chinese: "high ridge"), the original site.

Pharmacological action: antidiarrhoeals, pharmaceutic aid.

Chemical name: Kaolin


diaheliotropic (iou)



diaheliotropic adjective. L19.
[from DIA-1 + HELIOTROPIC.]
Botany. Pertaining to or characterized by a tendency to grow transversely to incident light.
diaheliotropism noun L19.