French term
instar
1. A **l'instar** des barbituriques, le propofol diminue le DSC et la CMRO2 proportionnellement a la dose administree jusqu'a des valeurs equivalentes a 40-60% des valeurs de depart.
2. Il peut constituer a **l'instar** des barbituriques un traitment de l'HIC.
The only definition I can find says that instar is a developmental stage of insects. Does anyone know what the word means in this context?
Thanks
Dec 6, 2006 20:05: suezen changed "Field (specific)" from "Medical: Pharmaceuticals" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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just like
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a l'instar de :following the example of, like...
see above
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as (or acting as...)
1)INSTAR DE (À L') loc. prép. XVIe siècle. Adaptation du latin impérial ad instar, locution composée de ad, « vers », et instar, « valeur, ressemblance », proprement « à la ressemblance (de) ».
À l'exemple de, à l'imitation de. Il est entré dans la magistrature, à l'instar de son père.
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(Source : Dictionnaire de l'académie
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with the same mode of action (or activity)
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Propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol). The mode of action is via the GABA receptor but at a different site to the benzodiazepines. It was first developed as an ...
www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u16/u1605_01.htm - 30k
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The mode of action by which propofol induces anaesthesia is not fully understood, although several s...
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just like, à la
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