| touch cell | One of the epithelioid cell's of a corpusculum tactus. Synonym: touch cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| touch corpuscle | One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells. Synonym: corpusculum tactus, Meissner's corpuscle, oval corpuscle, touch corpuscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| touch-me-not | <botany> See Impatiens. Squirting cucumber. See Cucumber. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| touch-needle | <chemistry> A small bar of gold and silver, either pure, or alloyed in some known proportion with copper, for trying the purity of articles of gold or silver by comparison of the streaks made by the article and the bar on a touchstone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| at one | 1. In concord or friendship; in agreement (with each other); as, to be, bring, make, or set, at one, i. E, to be or bring in or to a state of agreement or reconciliation. "If gentil men, or othere of hir contree Were wrothe, she wolde bringen hem atoon." (Chaucer) 2. Of the same opinion; agreed; as, on these points we are at one. 3. Together. "He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety." (Shak) 2. To stand as an equivalent; to make reparation, compensation, or amends, for an offense or a crime. "The murderer fell, and blood atoned for blood." (Pope) "The ministry not atoning for their former conduct by any wise or popular measure." (Junius) Origin: OE. At on, atone, atoon, attone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| benzalcoumaran-3-one | 1. 2-benzylidene-3(2H)-benzofuranone;the parent compound of a series of plant pigments; they are substituted coumaranones, and may be formed from chalcones. They are often found as glycosides. 2. A class of compounds based on aurone. Synonym: benzalcoumaran-3-one. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bufenolides (one double bond) | (05 Mar 2000) |
| gel diffusion precipitin tests in one dimension | Precipitin test's in which antigen solution and antibody incorporated in agar are layered in tubes, permitting effective diffusion in the vertical dimension; the antibody-containing agar may be overlaid directly with antigen solution (single (gel) diffusion in one dimension). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gomori's one-step trichrome stain | <technique> A connective tissue stain that uses haematoxylin and a dye mixture containing chromotrope 2R and light green or aniline blue; muscle fibres appear red, collagen is green (or blue if aniline blue is used), and nuclei are blue to black. (05 Mar 2000) |
| NAD 3 alpha-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one-oxidoreductase | <enzyme> From rat liver microsomes Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- Synonym: nad-3-hp-20-oor (26 Jun 1999) |
| one-carbon fragment | The formyl group or the methyl group that takes part in transformylation or transmethylation reactions; by means of these reactions, a group containing a single carbon atom is added to a compound being biosynthesised, adding a methyl group (as in thymidine formation), adding a hydroxymethyl group (as in serine biosynthesis), or closing a ring (as in purine formation). (05 Mar 2000) |
| one-carbon group transferases | <enzyme> A subclass of transferases that transfer chemical groups containing a single carbon. These include the methyltransferases, the hydroxymethyl and formyl transferases, the carboxyl and carbamoyl transferases, and the amidinotransferases. Registry number: EC 2.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| one-hand | Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See: dactylology. (04 Mar 1998) |
| one-horned uterus | An obsolete term for unicorn uterus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| one-sided | 1. Having one side only, or one side prominent; hence, limited to one side; partial; unjust; unfair; as, a one-sided view or statement. "Unguarded and one-sided language." 2. <botany> Growing on one side of a stem; as, one-sided flowers. One-sid"ed-ly, One-sidedness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |