(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty aci…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free ener…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process"
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…
Used in the same subject area: Biochemistry, Chemistry.(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…
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The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.an inherited disorder characterized by an increase in bone density; in severe forms the bone marrow cavity may be obliterated
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "When fractures fail to unite, autografts of bone c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony subs…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.See Bone black, under Bone, n.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in co…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: bone.To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to…
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