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Propylthiouracil (medicine) and stereotype(1) (iou)


Propylthiouracil (medicine)


propylthiouracil
<drug> A drug that blocks the production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland.

Propylthiouracil is used to treat hyperthyroidism, to reduce the excessive thyroid activity before surgery and to treat and maintain patients not having surgery.


stereotype(1) (iou)



stereotype noun & adjective. L18.
[French stereotype adjective, formed as STEREO- + TYPE noun.]
A. noun.
Hist. A method of replicating a relief printing surface (as a page of type or a wood-engraving) by taking a cast using a mould orig. of papier-mache or plaster, later of rubber, plastic, etc. L18.
A stereotype plate. E19.
a. A thing continued or constantly repeated without change, esp. a phrase, formula, etc.; stereotyped diction or usage. E19.
b. A preconceived, standardized, and oversimplified impression of the characteristics which typify a person, situation, etc., often shared by all members of a society or certain social groups; an attitude based on such a preconception. Also, a person or thing appearing to conform closely to such a standardized impression. E20.
Motor Trend The grasping corporate exec stereotype normally portrayed by the media. Entertainment Weekly This..article..perpetuates the stereotype of the mechanic as a macho Neanderthal.
c. Zoology. A stereotyped action or series of actions performed by an animal. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective.
Of or pertaining to the method of printing in which a stereotype is made; spec. (of an edition) printed using stereotypes. E19.
Reproduced in an unchanging manner; fixed, stereotyped. Now rare. E19.
Carlyle He..answers now always with a kind of stereotype formula.