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--- ../../gcide-0.44-orig/cide.t Sat May 26 17:30:18 2001
+++ cide.t Thu May 31 15:04:07 2001
@@ -9629,7 +9629,7 @@
<p><hw>Tet`ra*hex`a*he"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[<ets>Tetra-</ets> + <ets>hexahedron</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube.</def><br/
[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
-<p><hw>tet`ra*hy`dro*can*nab"i*nol</hw> <pr>(t<ecr/t`r<adot/*h<imac/`dr<osl/*k<acr/n*n<acr/b"<icr/n<add/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem. & Med.)</fld> <def>A chemical substance (<chform>C21H20O2</chform>) which is produced by the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), and is the physiologically active agent of dried preparations of that plant, called variously marijuana, hashish, ganja, hemp, etc.; also called <altname>THC</altname>. It causes the euphoric effect for which the preparations are smoked or chewed. It is used in medicine in a purified form as an antiemetic (an antinausea agent), especially in conjunction with chemotherapy of cancer. It occurs primarily as the <DELTA/<sup>1</sup>-3,4-trans isomer, also called <altname><DELTA/<sup>9</sup>-THC</altname>, with small amounts of the <DELTA/<sup>6</sup>-3,4-trans isomer detectable at about 1%. It is a controlled substance, classified as a hallucinogen, and its possession and distribution is illegal in almost all states of teh United States.</def> <au>MI11</au><br/
+<p><hw>tet`ra*hy`dro*can*nab"i*nol</hw> <pr>(t<ecr/t`r<adot/*h<imac/`dr<osl/*k<acr/n*n<acr/b"<icr/n<add/l)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <fld>(Chem. & Med.)</fld> <def>A chemical substance (<chform>C21H20O2</chform>) which is produced by the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), and is the physiologically active agent of dried preparations of that plant, called variously marijuana, hashish, ganja, hemp, etc.; also called <altname>THC</altname>. It causes the euphoric effect for which the preparations are smoked or chewed. It is used in medicine in a purified form as an antiemetic (an antinausea agent), especially in conjunction with chemotherapy of cancer. It occurs primarily as the <DELTA/<sup>1</sup>-3,4-trans isomer, also called <altname><DELTA/<sup>9</sup>-THC</altname>, with small amounts of the <DELTA/<sup>6</sup>-3,4-trans isomer detectable at about 1%. It is a controlled substance, classified as a hallucinogen, and its possession and distribution is illegal in almost all states of the United States.</def> <au>MI11</au><br/
[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
<p><hw>Tet`ra*kis*hex`a*he"dron</hw> <pr>(?)</pr>, <pos>n.</pos> <ety>[Gr. <?/ four times + E. <ets>hexahedron</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>A tetrahexahedron.</def><br/
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