(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
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Cytosol
the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
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transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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Concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; -- in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.(physics) statistical law obeyed by a system of particles whose wave function is not changed when two particles are interchanged (the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.Organelles in plant cells that carry out photosynthesis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant); "ocean circulation is an important part of global cli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.a stream of atomic or subatomic particles that may be charged positively (e.g. alpha particles) or negatively (e.g. beta particles) or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.(physics) law obeyed by a systems of particles whose wave function changes when two particles are interchanged (the Pauli exclusion pr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: aqueous, part, cytoplasm, various, particles.
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