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Acyl
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Acyl group
noun · 78% connection
any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Asparagine
noun · 78% connection
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Azoth
noun · 78% connection
The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Be
verb · 78% connection
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Cerebellum
noun · 78% connection
The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Cerebrin
noun · 78% connection
A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Cerebrose
noun · 78% connection
A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Ceryl
noun · 78% connection
A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Cetyl
noun · 78% connection
A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Chondrin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Creatin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Creatinin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the acti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Elastin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Extractive
noun · 78% connection
Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xanthin, hy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Gyrus
noun · 78% connection
A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Hypoxanthin
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
Kerasin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance free from phosphorus, supposed to be present in the brain; a body closely related to cerebrin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: group, nitrogenous, phosphorized, principles, supposed.
