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Medical Terms

1. IgM --   immunoglobulin M 
2. InsP3--    inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (tris- not tri-) 
3. I.M--.    intramuscular (small capitals) 
4. I.P.--    intraperitoneal (small capitals) 
5. IPSC --   inhibitory postsynaptic current 
6. IPSP  --  inhibitory postsynaptic potential 
7. IR--    infrared 
8. i.u./IU--    international unit 
9. I.V. --   intravenous (small capitals) 
10.  
11. k--    Boltzmann steepness coefficient 
12. K½  --  reciprocal of [ion] required for half-maximal inhibition 
13. KD/Kd--    dissociation constant 
14. Ki
15.  --   inhibition constant (also dissociation constant for enzyme–inhibitor complex) 
16. Km--    Michaelis-Menten constant 
17. kb --   kilobases or kilobytes 
18. KIU --   kallikrein inhibition unit 
19. L-NAME  Nω
20. -nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (D-isomer is inactive) 
21. log --   logarithm 
22. ln --   natural logarithm 
23.  
24. Mes --   2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulphonic acid 
25. ML --   mediolateral (brain co-ordinate) 
26. Mops --   3-(N-morpholino)propanesulphonic acid 
27. mRNA--    messenger RNA 
28. MS-222--    invertebrate anaesthetic (= tricaine) 
29. [Na+
30. ]i
31. , [Na+
32. ]o  intra- or extracellular Na+
33.  concentration 
34. NA --   numerical aperture 
35. NAD --   nicotinamide–adenine dinucleotide 
36. NADH --   reduced form of NAD 
37. NMDA--    N-methyl-D-aspartate; also N-methyl-D-aspartic acid 
38. NMR--    nuclear magnetic resonance 
39. n.s.--    not significant 
40. nt--    nucleotide(s) 
41. o.d.--    outer diameter