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ape (medicine)


ape


1. <zoology> A quadrumanous mammal, especially. Of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. To species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a General term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes.

The ape of the Old Testament was prqobably the rhesus monkey of India, and allied forms.

2. One who imitates servilely (in allusion to the manners of the ape); a mimic.

3. A dupe.

Origin: AS. Apa; akin to D. Aap, OHG. Affo, G. Affe, Icel. Api, Sw. Apa, Dan. Abe, W. Epa.

Source: Websters Dictionary


gentamicins (medicine)


gentamicins
<chemical> A complex of three different closely related aminoglycoside sulfates, gentamicins c1, c2, and c1(suba), obtained from micromonospora purpurea and related species. They are broad-spectrum antibiotics, but may cause ear and kidney damage. It acts during the translation phase of protein synthesis.

Pharmacological action: antibiotics, aminoglycoside, protein synthesis inhibitor.