| Co | Symbol for carbon monoxide, cobalt; coccygeal. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| co-immobilised enzyme | <biochemistry> A group of enzymes which work together and are physically confined while doing so. (09 Oct 1997) |
| co-ossification | State of being joined by bone formation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| co-ossify | To unite into one bone. Origin: L. Co-, together, + os, bone, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000) |
| CO2 | <biochemistry, physiology> A metabolic byproduct of carbohydrate metabolism. Carbon Dioxide collects in the tissues, is cleared by the blood (via the veins) and removed from the body via the lungs when we exhale air. Abbreviation: CO2 (13 Nov 1997) |
| CO2 narcosis | Coma seen with advanced lung failure and resultant hypoventilation. Synonym: CO2 narcosis, hypoxic-hypercarbic encephalopathy, pulmonary encephalopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| CO2-withdrawal seizure test | Utilization of hyperventilation to demonstrate abnormalities in the brain waves or even to precipitate a convulsion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| CoA | <abbreviation> Coenzyme A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| CoA transferases | Thiaphorases;enzymes transferring CoA from acetyl-CoA or succinyl-CoA to other acyl radicals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coacervate | <biology> Colloidal aggregation containing a mixture of organic compounds. One theory of the evolution of life is that the formation of coacervates in the primeval soup was a step towards the development of cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| coacervation | Formation of a coacervate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coadaptation | The operation of selection jointly on two or more loci. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coagglutination | Coagglutination is similar to the latex agglutination technique for detecting antigen (described above). Protein A, a uniformly distributed cell wall component of Staphylococcus aureus, is able to bind to the Fc region of most IgG isotype antibodies leaving the Fab region free to interact with antigens present in the applied specimens. The visible agglutination of the S. Aureus particles indicates the antigen-antibody reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coagglutinin | A substance that per se does not agglutinate an antigen, but does result in agglutination of antigen that is appropriately coated with univalent antibody. See: conglutination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coagula | Plural of coagulum. (05 Mar 2000) |