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| a | |
1. First letter of the Greek alphabet, alpha, used as ... |
| A bands | |
The dark-staining anisotropic cross striations in the myofibrils of muscle ... |
| a cappella | |
In church or chapel style; said of compositions sung in ... |
| A chain | |
A polypeptide component of insulin containing 21 amino acyl residues, ... |
| A disks | |
The dark-staining anisotropic cross striations in the myofibrils of muscle ... |
| a fetoprotein | |
A protein normally produced during the 12th to 15th week ... |
| A fibres | |
Myelinated nerve fibre's in somatic nerves, measuring 1 to 22 ... |
| a granules | |
Large, rodlike, or filamentous granules found in several types of ... |
| a haemolysin | |
See: a' haemolysis.
(05 Mar 2000)
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| a helix | |
The helical (commonly right-handed) form present in many proteins, deduced ... |
| A layer | |
<molecular biology> Right handed double helical DNA with approximately 11 ... |
| a posteriori | |
1. <logic> Characterising that kind of reasoning which derives propositions ... |
| a priori | |
1. <logic> Characterising that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences ... |
| a thalassaemia intermedia | |
See: haemoglobin H.
(05 Mar 2000)
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| A wave | |
The initial negative deflection in the electroretinogram, presumably reflecting retinal ... |
| a' haemolysis | |
Haemolysis observed infrequently in blood agar cultures of occasional strains ... |
| A-DNA | |
A form of DNA in which the helix is right-handed ... |
| A-E amputation | |
Acronym for above-the-elbow amputation.
(05 Mar 2000)
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| A-esotropia | |
Convergent strabismus greater in upward than in downward gaze.
(05 Mar ... |
| A-exotropia | |
Divergent strabismus greater in downward than in upward gaze.
(05 Mar ... |
| a-factor | |
<molecular biology> A protein which is found in the bacterial ... |
| a-form DNA | |
<molecular biology> One of several forms that can be assumed ... |
| a-good | |
In earnest; heartily. "I made her weep agood."
Origin: Pref. A- ... |
| A-H conduction time | |
Forward conduction of the cardiac impulse from atria to ventricles ... |
| A-H interval | |
The time from the initial rapid deflection of the atrial ... |
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