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WordDescription
GaffelbitarRefers to 'Semi-preserved' herring product in which microbial growth gets checked by the addition of salt at concentration of 10-12%, and sometimes by the addition of benzoic acid as preservative.
GalacticolDulcitol
GalactosaemiaRefers to inherited inability to metabolise the sugar galactose beyond the formation of its phosphate.
GalactoseRefers to a six -carbon sugar which is differing from glucose only in the position of the hydroxyl group on C4. It occurs mainly linked with glucose to form loctose (milk sugar), and also occurs in the galactolipids of nerve tissue. Has 32# of the sweet
GalantineRefers to a dish of white meat or poultry, boned, rolled, cooked with herbs, lazed with aspic jelly and served cold.
GalenicalsCrude drugs, infusions, decoctions and tinctures which are prepared from medicinal plants.
GallatesSalts and esters of gallic acid which are found in many plants. These find use in making dyes and inks, and medicinally as an astringent.
Gall-BladderOrgan which is situated in the liver. It stores the bile manufactured by the liver.
GallonImperial gallon is 4.546 litres )=10lb of water at 17C). Us gallon is 3.7853 litres; Imperial gallon=1.2 US gallons.
Gall -stones (cholelithiasis)Concretions which are composed of chloesterol, bile pigments and calcium salts, formed in the gallbladder or bile duct when the bile becomes supersaturated.
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