Search Results for: liquids
Filtration
Filtration Definition What is filtration? Filtration is separating a solid from a fluid through a porous material that... Read More
Hydrogen bond
Definition noun plural: hydrogen bonds A type of chemical bond that is formed when the slightly positive hydrogen atom of... Read More
Thistle tube
Definition noun A piece of glassware used in laboratory that consists of tube with funnel-like portion at the top and a... Read More
Hydrophobic
Hydrophobic Definition The fear of mixing or reacting with water under a given set of reaction parameters is often referred... Read More
Hydrophilic
Hydrophilic Definition What does a hydrophile (or hydrophilic molecule) mean? If a molecule is “water-loving”, it is... Read More
Fat solvents
Fat solvents organic liquids notable for their ability to dissolve lipids; usually, but not always, immiscible in water;... Read More
Pinocytosis
Pinocytosis Definition What is pinocytosis? Pinocytosis is the ingestion of extracellular fluids, i.e. the fluid... Read More
Monounsaturated fatty acid
Definition noun, plural: monounsaturated fatty acids Any of a group of unsaturated fatty acids characterized by having a... Read More
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Definition noun, plural: polyunsaturated fatty acids Any of a group of unsaturated fatty acids characterized by having more... Read More
Phagotrophy
Definition noun A process of ingesting relatively large particles of food that carries out via intracellular... Read More
Beer-Lambert law
Definition noun The principal law in spectrometry in which it states that the absorbance at a given wavelength of light is... Read More
Tight junction
What are tight junctions? Tight junctions are the intercellular barrier between two neighboring endothelial and epithelial... Read More
Nasogastric aspiration
Definition noun An aspiration technique in which the gastric contents are removed or drained using a nasogastric tube that... Read More
Moisture content
Definition noun The weight of the water contained in an object or material, usually expressed as a percentage of... Read More
Covalent bond
Covalent Bond Definition What is a covalent bond? In chemistry and other fundamental science fields, a covalent bond is... Read More
Alimentary canal
Definition of Alimentary canal What is the alimentary canal? The alimentary canal is a muscular hollow continuous tubular... Read More
Contamination
Contamination Definition Contamination, sometimes interchanged with pollution, is the existence of live things or... Read More
Assimilation
Assimilation Definition What is assimilation? Assimilation in biology is defined as the process in which living organisms... Read More
Permeability
Permeability Definition What is permeability? In earth science, its definition is this: "the ability of any material such... Read More
Physical Development in Humans
The Newly Born Child Depending on the nutrients available to the child within pregnancy and the genetic makeup of the... Read More