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Catalysis
noun · 78% connection
A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
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: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Chemism
noun · 78% connection
The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Collagen
noun · 78% connection
The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Disulphate
noun · 78% connection
An acid salt of sulphuric acid, having only one equivalent of base to two of the acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
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: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Ether
noun · 78% connection
A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Etherification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the ag…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Glass-sponge
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Guanidine
noun · 78% connection
A strongly alkaline base, CN3H5, formed by the oxidation of guanin, and also obtained combined with methyl in the decomposition of cre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Hyaline
noun · 78% connection
The main constituent of the walls of hydatid cysts; a nitrogenous body, which, by decomposition, yields a dextrogyrate sugar, suscepti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
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: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Keratin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, or mixture of substances, containing sulphur in a loose state of combination, and forming the chemical basis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Kynurenic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from the urine of dogs. By decomposition the acid yields a nitrogenous base (called ky…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Lantanuric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of allantoin, and usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Leucin
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance formed in the decomposition of albuminous matter by pancreatic digestion, by the action of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
Leucinic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also oxycaproic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: chemical, basis, sponge, tissue, nitrogenous.
