| Katayama's test | A qualitative colourimetric test for the presence of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| kate | <zoology> The brambling finch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kathetal | <mathematics> Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle. Origin: Gr. A perpendicular line. See Cathetus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kathode | An obsolete spelling of cathode. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kation | An obsolete spelling of cation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| katsuwokinase | <enzyme> Fibrinolytic enzyme from skipjack shiokara, a japanese traditional fermented food; stable in 10% nacl; n-terminal has 80% homology to trypsin Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| katydid | <zoology> A large, green, arboreal, orthopterous insect (Cyrtophyllus concavus) of the family Locustidae, common in the United States. The males have stridulating organs at the bases of the front wings. During the summer and autumn, in the evening, the males make a peculiar, loud, shrill sound, resembling the combination Katy-did, whence the name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Katz | Sir Bernard, German-British neurophysiologist and Nobel laureate, *1911. See: Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kaurene synthetase | <enzyme> Catalyses conversion of all-trans-geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to trans-copalyl pyrophosphate to kaurene Registry number: EC 2.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| kauri | <botany> A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand Agathis, or Dammara, australis), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. Alternative forms: kaudi, cowdie, and cowrie. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kava | <botany> A species of Macropiper (M. Methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. Alternative forms: kawa, kava, and ava. Origin: Polynesian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| kawaka | <botany> A New Zealand tree, the Cypress cedar (Libocedrus Doniana), having a valuable, fine-grained, reddish wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Kawasaki | Tomisaku, 20th century Japanese paediatrician. See: Kawasaki's disease, Kawasaki's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| kawasaki disease | <infectious disease> An acute febrile illness in children first described in Japan in the late 1960's. Referred to as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome because of typical changes in the mucus membranes that line the lips and mouth. Enlarged and tender lymph glands are also seen. Synonym: mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. (27 Sep 1997) |
| kawasaki's disease | A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes (conjunctivitis), lips and mucous membranes of the mouth, ulcerative gum disease (gingivitis), swollen glands in the neck (cervical lymphadenopathy), and a rash that is raised and bright red (maculoerythematous) in a glove-and-sock fashion over the skin of the hands and feet which becomes hard, swollen (edematous), and peels off. Also called mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| kappa |
cucumber; frequently used in a California Roll (along with avocado and crab meat) or solo in its own roll
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| kappa. |
cucumber; frequently used in a California Roll (along with avocado and crab meat) or solo in its own roll
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| kata |
A formal, prearranged exercise. (Japanese)
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| kaolin |
A white clay derived from rock composed chiefly of feldspar. The main chemical constituent is hydrous aluminium silicate.
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| karyogamy |
Caryogamay. A union of nuclear material.
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| Ka | (Swahili) a long garment (usually white) with long sleeves |
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| Ka | salt of potassium (trade names Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte) |
| Ka | sorghums of China and Manchuria having small white or brown grains (used for food) and dry pithy stalks (used for fodder, fuel and thatching) |
| Ka | a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar) |
| Ka | a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar) |
| Ka | a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate |
| Ka | an unstable meson produced as the result of a high-energy particle collision |
| Ka | trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient |
| Ka | the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet |
| Ka | massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss |
| Ka | from the kapok tree |
| Ka | a sarcoma that starts with purplish spots on the feet and legs and spreads from the skin to lymph nodes and internal organs |