| reducing valve | A valve designed to lower the pressure of a gas coming from a cylinder containing compressed gas under high pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| reducing | From Reduce. <chemistry> Reducing furnace, a furnace for reducing ores. Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc, for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc, in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| reducing agent | A molecule that donates an electron in an oxidation-reduction reaction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| reducing agents | Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reducing diet | A diet in which caloric expenditure is greater than caloric intake. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing enzyme | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses a reduction; since all enzymes catalyze reactions in either direction, any reductase can, under the proper conditions, behave as an oxidase and vice versa, hence the term oxidoreductase. For individual reductase's, see the specific names. Synonym: reducing enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing sugar | A sugar, such as glucose in the urine, that has the property of reducing various inorganic ions, notably cupric ion to cuprous ion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coenzyme F(420) reducing hydrogenase | <enzyme> From methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Registry number: EC 1.12.- Synonym: f420-reducing hydrogenase, 8-hydroxy-5-deazaflavin-reducing hydrogenase, cof(420) reducing hydrogenase, coenzyme f420 hydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| NADP-reducing hydrogenase | <enzyme> Operon from desulfovibrio contains 4 genes: hnda, hndb, hndc and hndd; does not reduce nad; genbank u07229 Registry number: EC 1.12.1.- Synonym: hnd gene product, hndabcd gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| NAD(P)-reducing nickel hydrogenase | <enzyme> From cyanobacterium, synechocystis; genbank x97610 Registry number: EC 1.12.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| sulfur-reducing bacteria | A group of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria that is able to oxidise acetate completely to carbon dioxide using elemental sulfur as the electron acceptor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sulphate-reducing bacterium | <microbiology> A prokaryote which is able to reduce sulphate SO4 (as a terminal electron acceptor) using electrons donated from organic acids, fatty acids, alcohols or hydrogen (electron donors). (19 Jan 1998) |
| abnormal cleavage of cardiac valve | Congenital malformation of a valve leaflet with a defect extending from the free margin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amussat's valve | A series of crescentic folds of mucous membrane in the upper part of the cystic duct, arranged in a somewhat spiral manner. Synonym: plica spiralis ductus cystici, Amussat's valve, Heister's valve, spiral valve of cystic duct, valvula spiralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior cusp of atrioventricular valve | The anterior leaflet or valvule of either the tricuspid or mitral valves. Synonym: cuspis anterior valvae atrioventricularis dextrae/sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior urethral valve | A crescentic horizontal fold in the proximal spongy urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |