(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
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Tallow
The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting.
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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 science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: suet, animals, sheep, kinds, separated.
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