| nephelometric turbidity unit | A measurement unit of the clarity of water, dependent on the amount of suspended matter. (05 Dec 1998) |
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| Maclagan's thymol turbidity test | Precipitation of abnormal proportions of albumin and globulin from the serum of patients with liver disease by addition of thymol. Although popular in the past it has been superseded by quantitative determination of specific proteins and direct measurement of liver enzymes. Synonym: Maclagan's test, Maclagan's thymol turbidity test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sulfosalicylic acid turbidity test | A test for measurement of protein in the urine; sulfosalicylic acid precipitates protein in the urine with a turbidity that is approximately proportional to the concentration of protein in a solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thymol turbidity test | Precipitation of abnormal proportions of albumin and globulin from the serum of patients with liver disease by addition of thymol. Although popular in the past it has been superseded by quantitative determination of specific proteins and direct measurement of liver enzymes. Synonym: Maclagan's test, Maclagan's thymol turbidity test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| turbidity | The relative clarity of water, which may be affected by material in suspension in the water. (05 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |