| primer | Short pre-existing polynucleotide chain towhich new deoxyribonucleotides can be added by DNA polymerase. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| primer extension | A technique for determining the 5'-untranslated region of a specific mRNA molecule. Uses an oligonucleotide complementary to the known RNA sequence as a primer for cDNA synthesis via reverse transcriptase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primerite | Synonym: protomerite. Origin: L. Primus, first, + G. Meros, part (05 Mar 2000) |
| primerole | <botany> See Primrose. "She was a primerole." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| primidone | This prescription drug is used to treat convulsions and seizures. (09 Oct 1997) |
| primigravida | See: gravida. Origin: L. Fr. Primus, first, + gravida, a pregnant woman (05 Mar 2000) |
| primine | <botany> The outermost of the two integuments of an ovule. This word has been used by some writers to denote the inner integument, which is formed earlier than the outer. Cf. Secundine. Origin: L. Primus first: cf. F. Primine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| priming | Treatment that does not in itself elicit a response from a system but that induces a greater capacity to respond to a second stimulus. (18 Nov 1997) |
| primipara | <medicine> A woman who bears a child for the first time. Origin: L, fr. Primus first + parere to bring forth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| primiparity | Condition of being a primipara. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primiparous | Denoting a primipara. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primipilar | Of or pertaining to the captain of the vanguard of a Roman army. Origin: L. Primipilaris, fr. Primipilus the centurion of the first cohort of a Roman legion, fr. Primus pilus the division made up of the triarii in the Roman army. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| primite | The anterior member of a pair of gregarine gamonts in syzygy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primitia | The first fruit; the first year's whole profit of an ecclesiastical preferment. "The primitias of your parsonage." (Spenser) Origin: L. Primitiae, pl, fr. Primus first. Cf. Premices. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| primitive | Undeveloped or in early stages of development, undifferentiated. (16 Dec 1997) |