| restriction enzyme cutting site | <molecular biology> A specific nucleotide sequence of DNA at which a particular restriction enzyme cuts the DNA. Some sites occur frequently in DNA (for example, every several hundred basepairs), others much less frequently (rare-cutter, for example, every 10,000 base pairs). (10 Mar 1998) |
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| rhizome cutting | <botany> Part of a thick rhizome, which may take root and form a new plant. (23 Aug 1998) |
| root cutting | <botany> Part of a root of a woody plant which, under suitable conditions, takes root and forms a new plant. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cutting | <botany> Portion of a stem, root, or leaf cut from the parent plant for the production of a new independent plant by inducing it to form shoots and roots under favorable environmental conditions (for example, stem cuttings, leaf cuttings, leaf-bud cuttings, and root cuttings). (09 Oct 1997) |
| cutting edge | The beveled, knifelike, sharpened working angle of a dental hand instrument. Synonym: incisal edge. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting forceps | A forceps with sharp blades. Synonym: cutting forceps. Origin: G. Labis, pincers, + tome, an incision (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting needle | A surgical needle with angulated surface designed to puncture tough tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cutting teeth | The maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| selection cutting | The periodic removal at short intervals of the oldest and largest trees in the stand, individually or in small groups. (05 Dec 1998) |
| diamond cutting instruments | In dentistry, cylinders, disks, and other cutting instrument's to which numerous small diamond pyramids have been attached by a plating of metal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-cutting bur | A bur with blades only on its end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amputation knife | A broad-bladed knife used primarily for transecting large muscles during major amputations. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Beer's knife | A triangular knife with a sharp point and one sharp edge, formerly used for incision for cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| valvotomy knife | A knife used in mitral or venous valvular surgery; also called valvulotome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gamma knife | <radiobiology> A special multi-source irradiation machine which focus a high intesity of irradiation on a small area: it is used as local therapy in especially brain tumours. This is investigational and is not part of the routine array of cancer treatments. (16 Dec 1997) |