| SQ | <abbreviation> Subcutaneous. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sq-18506 | <chemical> Trans-5-amino-3-(2-(5-nitro-2-furyl)vinyl)- 1,2,4-oxadiazole. A nitrovinyl furan used as a schistosomicidal agent and proposed for trypanosomiasis, especially chagas disease. Pharmacological action: schistosomicides, trypanocidal agents. Chemical name: 1,2,4-Oxadiazol-5-amine, 3-(2-(5-nitro-2-furanyl)ethenyl)-, (E)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| squab | 1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky. "Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice." (Betterton) 2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. Origin: Cf. Dial. Sw. Sqvabb a soft and fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. Kvap jelly, jellylike things, and and E. Quab. 1. <zoology> A neatling of a pigeon or other similar bird, especially. When very fat and not fully fledged. 2. A person of a short, fat figure. "Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan." (Cowper) 3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa. "Punching the squab of chairs and sofas." (Dickens) "On her large squab you find her spread." (Pope) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squab-chick | <zoology> A young chicken before it is fully fledged. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squacco | <zoology> A heron (Ardea comata) found in Asia, Northern Africa, and Southern Europe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squalene | <chemical> Chemical name: 2,6,10,14,18,22-Tetracosahexaene, 2,6,10,15,19,23-hexamethyl-, (all-E)- (12 Dec 1998) |
| squalene cyclase | <enzyme> Nonoxidative conversion of squalene to tetrahymenol; does not go via 2,3-oxidosqualene Registry number: EC 4.- Synonym: squalene-tetrahydromanol cyclase (26 Jun 1999) |
| squalene epoxidase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of squalene to squalene 2,3-oxide in the endoplasmic reticulum; a required step in order for cyclization to occur, resulting in the synthesis of the first sterol, lanosterol, in steroidogenesis; uses NADPH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squalene epoxidase-cyclase | <chemical> Consists of squalene epoxidase (EC 1.14.99.7) plus 2,3-oxidosqualene lanosterol-cyclase (EC 5.4.99.7) Chemical name: squalene-2,3-oxide lanosterol cyclase (26 Jun 1999) |
| squalene synthase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the formation of squalene from two molecules of farnesylpyrophosphate using NADPH and concomitant production of two molecules of pyrophosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| squalene synthetase | <enzyme> Catalyses the rearrangement and reduction of the cyclopropane compound, presqualene pyrophosphate to form squalene, with NADPH as the coenzyme. Registry number: EC 1.3.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| squalene-hopene cyclase | <enzyme> From bacillus acidocaldarius; cyclises squalene into hopanoid triterpenes Registry number: EC 5.4.99.- Synonym: shc gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| squali | <zoology> The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks. Origin: NL, fr. L. Squalus a kind of sea fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squall | To cry out; to scream or cry violently, as a woman frightened, or a child in anger or distress; as, the infant squalled. Origin: Icel. Skvala. Cf. Squeal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| squally | 1. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather. 2. <agriculture> Interrupted by unproductive spots; said of a flied of turnips or grain. 3. Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; said of cloth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |