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Supplemental air

Definition noun The additional volume of air exhaled with maximum effort at the end of a normal, quiet... Read More

Supplements

supplement Something that supplies a want or make an addition: something that completes, adds a finishing touch or brings... Read More

Vitamin B complex

Definition noun (pharmacology) A supplement containing the eight B vitamins, particularly thiamin (vitamin B1), riboflavin... Read More

Phospholipid bilayer

Definition noun The two layers of phospholipids arranged in such a way that their hydrophobic tails are projecting inwards... Read More

Amino sugar

Definition noun, plural: amino sugars A sugar molecule the nonglycosidic hydroxyl (–OH) group is replaced by an amine... Read More

Monoglyceride

Definition noun, plural: monoglycerides A glyceride consisting of a glycerol and a molecule of fatty acid joined via an... Read More

Mucopeptide

Definition noun A crystal lattice structure in the bacterial cell wall that is made up of linear chains of alternating amino... Read More

Ferrous lactate

Definition noun A greenish white crystal or (powder) made up of iron (Fe2+) and lactate anions Supplement Ferrous lactate is... Read More

Phyllode

Definition noun, plural: phyllodes (1) A modified petiole in some plants in which the petiole is characteristically... Read More

Segmentation cavity

Definition noun The fluid-filled cavity inside the early forms of embryo, e.g. of blastula. Supplement The presence of this... Read More

Blastocoel

Definition noun The primordial, fluid-filled cavity inside the early forms of embryo, e.g. of blastula. Supplement The... Read More

Diethylaminoethyl-cellulose

Definition noun (1) A positively charged resin used in ion-exchange chromatography for protein purification and... Read More

Memory T cell

Definition noun, plural: memory T cells A long-lived T cell that bears receptors for an antigen during its encounter with a... Read More

Cytotoxic T cell

Definition noun, plural: cytotoxic T cells A T cell responsible for inducing death to target cells (e.g. infected somatic... Read More

T-helper cell

Definition noun, plural: T-helper cells A type of T lymphocyte that assists by activating antigen-presenting leukocytes,... Read More

Controlled variable

Definition noun, plural: control variables A variable that remains unchanged or held constant to prevent its effects on the... Read More

PEPC

Definition noun An enzyme in the carboxylases responsible for the formation of the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate by... Read More

Lining mucosa

Definition noun The non-keratinized stratified squamous epithelium that lines many parts of the oral... Read More

Specialized mucosa

Definition noun The mucous membrane found in the regions of the taste buds on the dorsum of the... Read More

PEP carboxylase

Definition noun An enzyme in the carboxylases responsible for the formation of the four-carbon compound oxaloacetate by... Read More

Introductory Chemistry – a Foundation

Introductory Chemistry - a Foundation     ... Read More

Sex steroid

Definition noun, plural: sex steroids A steroid hormone that when bound to specific sex hormone receptor becomes active and... Read More

Sex reversal

Definition noun Change of sexual identity in animals as influenced by an environmental variable, also by surgical or... Read More

Dry mass

Definition noun (1) A reliable measure of the biomass (as opposed to fresh mass). (2) The dry matter of a sample or of an... Read More

Counterstain

Definition noun The dye or stain that is used to differentiate one component or cellular structure from another, or to... Read More

Primary oocyte

Definition noun, plural: primary oocytes The oocyte that arises from the oogonium via the process of oocytogenesis, and... Read More

Secondary oocyte

Definition noun, plural: secondary oocytes The resulting oocyte when meiosis I is completed, and gives rise to ootid and... Read More

Oogonium

Definition noun, plural: oogonia (zoology) The diploid female gametogonium that gives rise to primary oocyte through... Read More

Piscivore

Definition noun, plural: piscivores A carnivorous animal that primarily or exclusively eats on fish. Supplement Examples... Read More

Mesocarnivore

Definition noun, plural: mesocarnivores A carnivorous animal in which 50 - 70% of its diet is flesh or meat of another... Read More

Zygonema

Definition noun, plural: zygonemas The chromosome that start to pair in synapse with its homolog at prophase I of meiosis... Read More

Pachynema

Definition noun The chromosome that shorten, thicken, and separate into distinct chromatids joined at the centromeres,... Read More

Greenhouse gas

Definition noun Any of the atmospheric gases responsible for the greenhouse effect. Supplement Examples of greenhouse gases... Read More

Integral protein

Definition noun, plural: integral proteins A protein molecule or protein assembly permanently attached in biological... Read More

Global warming

Definition' noun The recent increase in the Earth's average atmospheric temperature due to an increase in the levels of... Read More

Transmutation of species

Definition noun The first fully formed scientific theory of evolution by Jean Baptiste Lamarck in his 1809 book... Read More

Biotic resource

Definition noun A type of natural resource derived from the biosphere as opposed to abiotic resource from non-living... Read More

Abiotic resource

Definition noun A type of natural resource derived from non-living things as opposed to biotic resource derived from living... Read More

Potential resource

Definition noun A type of natural resource that exists in a region and may be used in the future (in contrast to actual... Read More

Actual resource

Definition noun A type of natural resource that has been surveyed for quality and quantity and used in present time (in... Read More