| isobar | <physics> The quality or state of being equal in weight, especially in atmospheric pressure. Also, the theory, method, or application of isobaric science. <meteorology> A line connecting or marking places upon the surface of the earth where height of the barometer reduced to sea level is the same either at a given time, or for a certain period (mean height), as for a year; an isopiestic line. Alternative forms: isobare. Origin: Iso- + Gr. Weight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| isobaric | <physics> Constant pressure. (04 Mar 1998) |
| isobaric spinal anaesthesia | Spinal anaesthesia of same density as cerobrospinal fluid so that the level of anaesthesia is not influenced by a change in the position of the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobarometric | <physics> Indicating equal barometric pressure. (01 Mar 1998) |
| isobars | <chemistry, radiobiology> Nuclides having the same mass number but different atomic numbers. (16 Dec 1997) |
| isobathytherm | <physics> A line connecting the points on the surface of the earth where a certain temperature is found at the same depth. Origin: Iso- + Gr. Deep + heat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| isobestic | Erroneous spelling of isosbestic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobornyl thiocyanoacetate | C13H19NO2S;a pediculicide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobutane | See: butane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobuteine | S-(2-Carboxypropyl)cysteine;a sulfur-containing compound in urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobutyl alcohol | See: butyl alcohol. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobutyl nitrite | A liquid present in commercial amyl nitrite, with similar antispasmodic and vasodilator properties. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobutyric acid | See: butyric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobutyryl-CoA mutase | <enzyme> Catalyses conversion of butyryl-CoA to isobutyryl-CoA Registry number: EC 5.4.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| isobuzole | N-(5-Isobutyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-p-methoxybenzenesulfonamide;an oral hypoglycaemic agent for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Synonym: glysobuzole. (05 Mar 2000) |