| protein folding | A rapid biochemical reaction involved in the formation of proteins. It begins even before a protein has been completely synthesised and proceeds through discrete intermediates (primary, secondary, and tertiary structures) before the final structure (quaternary structure) is developed. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| folding | 1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. "The lower foldings of the vest." (Addison) 2. <agriculture> The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc, over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Folding chair, a chair which may be shut up compactly for carriage or stowage; a camp chair. Folding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| folding fracture | A deformity in children consisting of a local bulging caused by the longitudinal compression of the soft bone; it occurs commonly in the radius or ulna or both. Synonym: folding fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carcinoma 256, walker | A transplantable carcinoma of the rat that originally appeared spontaneously in the mammary gland of a pregnant albino rat, and which now resembles a carcinoma in young transplants and a sarcoma in older transplants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Rideal-Walker coefficient | A figure expressing the disinfecting power of any substance; it is obtained by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism in a given time by that indicating the degree of dilution of phenol which kills the organism in the same space of time under similar conditions. Synonym: hygienic laboratory coefficient, phenol coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Rideal-Walker method | A figure expressing the disinfecting power of any substance; it is obtained by dividing the figure indicating the degree of dilution of the disinfectant that kills a microorganism in a given time by that indicating the degree of dilution of phenol which kills the organism in the same space of time under similar conditions. Synonym: hygienic laboratory coefficient, phenol coefficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| walker | 1. One who walks; a pedestrian. 2. That with which one walks; a foot. "Lame Mulciber, his walkers quite misgrown." (Chapman) 3. A forest officer appointed to walk over a certain space for inspection; a forester. 4. [AS. Wealcere. See Walk, 3] A fuller of cloth. "She cursed the weaver and the walker The cloth that had wrought." (Percy's Reliques) 5. <zoology> Any ambulatorial orthopterous insect, as a stick insect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Walker, A Earl | <person> U.S. Neurologist, *1907. See: Walker tractotomy, Dandy-Walker syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walker carcinoma | <tumour> A transplantable carcinosarcoma of the rat that originally appeared spontaneously in the mammary gland of a pregnant albino rat, and which now resembles a carcinoma in young transplants and a sarcoma in older transplants. Synonym: Walker carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walker carcinosarcoma | <tumour> A transplantable carcinosarcoma of the rat that originally appeared spontaneously in the mammary gland of a pregnant albino rat, and which now resembles a carcinoma in young transplants and a sarcoma in older transplants. Synonym: Walker carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walker, J | <person> Ainslie, English chemist, 1868-1930. See: Rideal-Walker coefficient, Rideal-Walker method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walker, James | <person> British gynecologist, *1916. See: Walker's chart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walker's chart | A system of plotting the relative foetal and placental sizes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walker tractotomy | A mesencephalic spinothalamic tractotomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Dandy-Walker syndrome | <syndrome> Obstruction of foramina of Luschka and Magendie, enlarged 4th ventricle, hypoplastic vermis and cerebellum associated with: agenesis of corpus callosum, encephalocele (12 Dec 1998) |