| pullulanase | <enzyme> Minor descriptor (73-85); on-line and index medicus search glycoside hydrolases (73-85) Registry number: EC 3.2.1.41 Synonym: limit dextrinase, amylopectin glucanohydrolase, pullulan 6-glucanohydrolase, amyb gene product, puli gene product, pula protein, pula gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
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| pullulate | To undergo pullulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pullulation | The act of sprouting, or of budding as seen in yeast. Origin: L. Pullulo, pp. -atus, to sprout forth (05 Mar 2000) |
| pullus | Origin: L. <zoology> A chick; a young bird in the downy stage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmo- | The lungs. See: pneum-, pneumo-. Origin: L. Pulmo, lung (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmoaortic | Relating to the pulmonary artery and the aorta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmobranchiate | <zoology> Same as Pulmonibranchiata, -ate. Alternative form: pulmobranchiata. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmocutaneous | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the lungs and the akin; as, the pulmocutaneous arteries of the frog. Origin: L. Pulmo a lung + E. Cutaneous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmogasteropoda | <zoology> Same as Pulmonata. Origin: NL. & E. Gasteropoda. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmograde | <zoology> Swimming by the expansion and contraction, or lunglike movement, of the body, or of the disk, as do the medusae. Origin: L. Pulmo a lung + gradi to walk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmolith | Synonym: pneumolith. Origin: L. Pulmo, long, + G. Lithos, stone (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmometer | <physiology> A spirometer. Origin: L. Pulmo a lung. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmometry | An obsolete term for spirometry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonarian | <zoology> Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pulmonary | <anatomy, chest medicine> Pertaining to the lungs. Origin: L. Pulmonarius (06 Oct 1997) |