| tert-butyl alcohol | <chemical> Pharmacological action: carcinogens. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| tert-butyloxycarbonyl | (CH3)3COCO-;an amino-protecting group used in peptide synthesis. Synonym: tert-butyloxycarbonyl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertial | <zoology> Same as Tertiary. Origin: From L. Tertius third, the tertial feathers being feathers of the third row. See Tierce. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tertian | <medicine> Occurring every third day; as, a tertian fever. Origin: L. Tertianus, from tertius the third. See Tierce. 1. <medicine> A disease, especially an intermittent fever, which returns every third day, reckoning inclusively, or in which the intermission lasts one day. 2. A liquid measure formerly used for wine, equal to seventy imperial, or eighty-four wine, gallons, being one third of a tun. Origin: L. Tertiana (sc. Febris): cf. OF. Tertiane. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tertian fever | <disease, microbiology> A type of malaria caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax, it isthe most common form of the disease, is rarely fatal but is the most difficult to cure, and is characterised by fevers that typically occur every other day. (11 Nov 1997) |
| tertian malaria | <disease, microbiology> A type of malaria caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax, it isthe most common form of the disease, is rarely fatal but is the most difficult to cure, and is characterised by fevers that typically occur every other day. (11 Nov 1997) |
| tertian parasite | A protozoan parasite that causes vivax malaria (malaria, vivax). This species is found almost everywhere malaria is endemic and is the only one that has a range extending into the temperate regions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tertiarism | All the symptoms of the tertiary stage of syphilis taken collectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary | 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. 2. <chemistry> Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary. 3. <geology> Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary. 4. <zoology> Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; said of quills. Tertiary age. <medicine> The third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs. Origin: L. Tertiarius containing a third part, fr. Tertius third: cf. F. Tertiaire. See Tierce. 1. A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third. 2. <geology> The Tertiary era, period, or formation. 3. <zoology> One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tertiary alcohol | An alcohol characterised by the trivalent atom group (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary amine monooxygenase | <enzyme> Requires NADPH and fad; can be separated from dimethylamine mono-oxygenase; oxidises a variety of tertiary alkylamines up to tributylamine Registry number: EC 1.14.99.- Synonym: trimethylamine mono-oxygenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| tertiary amputation | An amputation formerly performed after infection had been controlled. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary amyl alcohol | amylene hydrate |
| tertiary butyl alcohol | Trimethylcarbinol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, (CH3)3COH, a denaturant for ethanol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tertiary calcium phosphate | Ca3(PO4)2;used as an antacid. Synonym: bone ash, bone phosphate, tertiary calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate, whitlockite. (05 Mar 2000) |
| methyl-tert-butyl ether | Used to dissolve gallbladder stones. Acronym: MTBE (05 Mar 2000) |
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| UDPglucose tert-cinnamate glucosyltransferase | <enzyme> Isolated from sweet potato root; catalyses formation of tert-cinnamoyl-d-glucose Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: udpgc-glucosyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |