| anneal | The sustained heating of a material such as steel or glass at aspecific high temperature, followed by gradual cooling, this is done to eliminate weakness or to produce other qualities. The pairing of complementary DNA or RNA sequences, via hydrogenbonding, to form a double-stranded molecule. Mostoften used to describe the binding of a short primer or probe. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| annealing | 1. Toughening upon slow cooling. 2. Used in the context of DNA renaturation after temperature dissociation of the two strands. Rate of annealing is a function of complementarity. 3. Fusion of microtubules or microfilaments end to end. (18 Nov 1997) |
| annealing lamp | An alcohol lamp with a soot-free flame used in dentistry to drive off the protective NH3 gas coating from the surface of cohesive gold foil. (05 Mar 2000) |