| coup de sabre | Linear scleroderma found over the scalp with scarring alopecia, face, or forehead. Origin: Fr. Stroke of a sword (05 Mar 2000) |
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| coup injury of brain | An injury occurring directly beneath the skull at the area of impact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| couple | To copulate; to perform coitus; said especially of the lower animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupled beats | Beats (usually premature) that recur at a fixed interval from a preceding (usually normal) beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupled pulse | A pulse in which the beats occur in pairs. Synonym: bigemina, coupled pulse, pulsus bigeminus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupled reaction | Two chemical reactions that share a common intermediate (for example, the productof the first reaction is a reactant in the second) and therefore havesome kind of energy exchange between them. (09 Oct 1997) |
| coupled rhythm | That cardiac rhythm when each beat of the dominant rhythm (sinus or other) is followed by a premature beat, with the result that the heartbeats occur in pairs (bigeminy). Synonym: coupled rhythm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupled transport | The linked, simultaneous transport of two substances across a cell membrane (or another intracellular membrane). If the two substances are moving in the same direction (both into the cell or both out of the cell) it is called symport. If the two substances are moving in opposite directions (one moves into the cell while the other moves out) it is called antiport. (09 Oct 1997) |
| couples therapy | Psychotherapy used specifically for unmarried couples, of mixed or same sex. (12 Dec 1998) |
| coupling | <biochemistry> The linking of two independent processes by a common intermediate, for example the coupling of electron transport to oxidative phosphorylation or the ATP ADP conversion to transport processes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| coupling defect | See: familial goiter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupling factor | Protein responsible for coupling transmembrane potentials to ATP synthesis in chloroplasts and mitochondria. Include ATP synthesising enzymes (F1 in mitochondrion), that can also act as ATP ases. (18 Nov 1997) |
| coupling factors | Proteins that restore phosphorylating ability to mitochondria that have lost it, i.e., have become "uncoupled" so that oxidation and electron transport no longer produces ATP. Usually termed coupling factor F1, F2, etc. Synonym: C factors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupling interval | The interval, usually expressed in hundredths of a second, between a normal sinus beat and the ensuing premature beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coupling phase | The physical relationship of two syntenic genes. If they are on the same chromosome, they are said to be "in coupling" or "in the cis phase"; if on opposite members of a chromosome pair, "in repulsion" or "in the trans phase." (05 Mar 2000) |