| serglycin | <protein> An intracellular proteoglycan, found particularly in the storage granules of connective tissue mast cells. The core protein consists of 153 amino acids with 24 serine glycine repeats between amino acids 89 and 137, hence the name. The serine glycine repeats are the linkage sites for _15 glycosaminoglycan chains that are either heparin or highly sulphated chondroitin sulphate. These negatively charged chains are thought to concentrate positively charged proteases, histamine and other molecules within the storage granules. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| serial | 1. Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication. "Classification . . . May be more or less serial." 2. <botany> Of or pertaining to rows. Serial homology. <biology> See Symmetry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| serial extraction | The selective extraction of deciduous teeth during the stage of mixed dentition in accordance with the shedding and eruption of the teeth. It is done over an extended period to allow autonomous adjustment to relieve crowding of the dental arches during the eruption of the lateral incisors, canines, and premolars, eventually involving the extraction of the first premolar teeth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| serial film changer | A device that moves film for radiographic studies that require rapid serial X-ray exposures, such as angiography. Synonym: rapid film changer, serial film changer. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serial learning | Learning to make a series of responses in exact order. (12 Dec 1998) |
| serial passage | Inoculation of a series of animals or in vitro tissue with an infectious bacterium or virus, as in virulence studies and the development of vaccines. (12 Dec 1998) |
| serial publications | Publications in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely. (ala glossary of library and information science, 1983, p203) (12 Dec 1998) |
| serial radiography | Making several X-ray exposures of a single region over a period of time, as in angiography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| serial section | One of a number of consecutive microscopic section's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seriate | In rows or whorls. (09 Oct 1997) |
| seriation | <chemistry> Arrangement or position in a series. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sericeous | Silky, covered with silky hairs. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sericin | <protein> A silk protein that binds thetwo strands of the raw fibre. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sericite | <chemical> A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist. Origin: L. Sericus silken. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sericterium | <zoology> A silk gland, as in the silkworms. See: Sericeous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |