diasporal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈæspəɹəl/
ipa: /daɪˈæspɹəl/
ipa: /daɪˈæspəɹəl/
ipa: /di-/
ipa: /-pɹəl/
Forms: form: diasporals
Etymology: From diaspora + -al (suffix forming adjectives; or forming nouns, especially of some verbal action). Diaspora is derived from Ancient Greek διασπορά (diasporá, “dispersion”), from διασπείρω (diaspeírō, “to scatter”), from δια- (dia-, prefix indicating motion across or in all directions) + σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick”), *sperH- (“to kick”)).
Senses: examples: text: Diasporals is the name given to a series of colloidal solutions of certain elements and compounds in a high state of dispersion. Calomel, iron, sulphur and bismuth are some of the diasporals which are now on the market.
ref: 1923, A. G. DuMez, “Report on the Progress of Pharmacy 1923”, in Year Book of the American Pharmaceutical Association, volume 12, Chicago, Ill.: American Pharmaceutical Association, published 1925, →OCLC, section D.4 (Trade-named Preparations), page 165:
text: Treatment of syphilis with colloidal mercury preparations.—Ludwig Zweig, Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, June 29, 1923, p. 851. Intravenous injections of colloidal calomel were attempted. When severe reactions occurred, this was abandoned for calomel-diasporal, which contains in 1.5 c. c. of fluid, 15 mg. calomel.
ref: 1923 October 20, Venereal Disease Information: Issued by the United States Public Health Service for Use in Its Cooperative Work with the State Health Departments, volume IV, number 10, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, section IV (Treatment), page 415:
text: The presence of bismuth diasporal during the irradiation with x-rays of cultures of bacteria (B. coli and B. prodigiosus) inhibits the growth of the bacteria.
ref: 1928, International Surgical Digest, Hagerstown, Md.: W. F. Prior Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 33, column 1:
text: Nahmmacher and Ernst have used sulphur diasporal during radiotherapy in a number of cases of carcinoma as a preparation for treatment by injection of radioactive bismuth diasporal 360 and have been favorably impressed by the results. Ernst suggests that sulphur diasporal may have an influence on gluthatione formation.
ref: 1934, Charles Alexander Waters, Ira L. Kaplan, editors, The Year Book of Radiology, Chicago, Ill.: Year Book Medical Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 370:
text: A course of colloidal sulphur (sulphur diasporal) is given, 2 ampules, 10 milligrams each, every other day, intravenously. [...] This is supplemented by a course of colloidal sulphur (sulphur diasporal) 2 ampules, 20 milligrams each, for intramuscular medication, given in the gluteal region for 10 doses every other day.
ref: 1935 July, S. C. Woldenberg, “Sulphur (Colloidal) Therapy in the Treatment of Arthritis”, in Martin Cooley, editor, The Medical Bulletin of the Veterans’ Administration, volume 12, number 1, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:
text: In this study, we examined the short-term effect of magnesium asphat HCL (614.18 mgMG), magnesium diasporal (magnesium citrate 610 mg + magnesium laevalitat 30 mg = 100 mg magnesium = 8.2 mval), ferrous gluconate (300 mg) plus folic acid and chemiron, a new combination hematinic agent (ferrous fumarate 300 mg, folic acid 5 mg, vitamin B12 10 mg, vitamin C 25 mg, magnesium sulfate 0.3 mg and zinc sulfate 0.3 mg) on plasma magnesium concentration during early pregnancy in Nigerian women.
ref: 1998, G. O. Ajayi, E. O. Fadiran, “Short Time Effect of Chemiron (a Combination Iron Preparation), Single Iron, and Different Magnesium Salts on Plasma. Magnesium Concentration During Early Pregnancy in Nigerian Women. A Preliminary Report.”, in Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, volume 25, numbers 1–2, Montreal, Que.: IROG Canada, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, abstract, page 64:
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glosses: A diluted colloidal solution of some compound.