| telo- | See: tel-. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| telocentric chromosome | <genetics> Chromosome with the centromere located at one end. (18 Nov 1997) |
| telodendron | An anomalous term that refers to the terminal arborization of an axon. Synonym: end-brush. Origin: G. Telos, end, + dendron, tree (05 Mar 2000) |
| telogen | Resting phase of hair cycle. Origin: G. Telos, end, + -gen, producing (05 Mar 2000) |
| telogen effluvium | Increased transient shedding of normal club hairs by premature development of telogen in anagen follicles, resulting from various kinds of stress, e.g., childbirth, shock, drug intake or cessation of an oral contraceptive, fever, and dieting with marked weight loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
| teloglia | Accumulation of neurolemmal cells at the myoneural junction. Origin: G. Telos, end, + glia, glue (05 Mar 2000) |
| telognosis | An obsolete term denoting diagnosis by means of radiographs or other diagnostic tests transmitted by telephone or radio. See: teleradiology. Origin: G. Tele, distant, + gnosis, a knowing (05 Mar 2000) |
| telokin | <biochemistry> Acidic protein (24 kD) found in some muscle tissue, identical to the C terminal 155 residues of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) and independently expressed. (18 Nov 1997) |
| telokinesia | Synonym: telophase. Origin: G. Telos, end, + kinesis, movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| telolecithal | Denoting an ovum in which a large amount of deuteroplasm accumulates at the vegetative pole, as in the eggs of birds and reptiles. Origin: G. Telos, end, + G. Lekithos, yolk (05 Mar 2000) |
| telolecithal egg | An egg containing a relatively large quantity of deutoplasm concentrated at the abapical pole; e.g., egg's of reptiles and birds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telolecithal ovum | An ovum in which there is a large amount of yolk massed at the vegetative pole, as in the eggs of birds and reptiles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telomerase | <enzyme, molecular biology> A DNA polymerase with rather unusual properties that will only elongate oligonucleotides from the telomere and not other sequences. The enzyme contains an essential 159 residue RNA sequence that provides a template for the replication of the G rich telomere sequences (so that the enzyme could in fact be considered a reverse transcriptase). (18 Nov 1997) |
| telomere | <genetics> The end of a chromosome. (18 Nov 1997) |
| telomere terminal transferase | <enzyme> From oxytricha nova; adds two to seven tandem repeats of the sequence ggggtttt to the 3' end of oligonucleotide primers ending in repeats of g4t4 and always adds the repeats in the proper phase Registry number: EC 2.7.7.- (26 Jun 1999) |