| pterosaurian | <paleontology> Of or pertaining to the Pterosauria. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pterostigma | Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Wing +, a mark. <zoology> A thickened opaque spot on the wings of certain insects. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pterotic | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes. The pterotic bone. The pterotic bone is so called because fancied in some cases to resemble in form a bird's wing Origin: Gr. Wing +, ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pteroyl polyglutamate hydrolase | <enzyme> Catalyses the hydrolysis of pteroylpolyglutamic acids in gamma linkage to pterolylmonoglutamic acid and free glutamic acid. Registry number: EC 3.4.22.12 (12 Dec 1998) |
| pteroylmonoglutamic acid | <biochemistry> Pteridine derivative that is abundant in liver and green plants and is a growth factor for some bacteria. The biochemically active form is tetrahydrofolate (see folate). (12 Nov 1997) |
| pteroylpolyglutamate synthase | <enzyme> Catalyses formation of amide bond between the gamma-carboxyl group of a folate and the amino group of glutamic acid Registry number: EC 6.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| pteroylpolyglutamic acids | Derivatives of folic acid (pteroylglutamic acid). In gamma-glutamyl linkage they are found in many tissues. They are converted to folic acid by the action of pteroylpolyglutamate hydrolase or synthesised from folic acid by the action of folate polyglutamate synthetase. Synthetic pteroylpolyglutamic acids, which are in alpha-glutamyl linkage, are active in bacterial growth assays. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pteroyltriglutamic acid | Pteroyl-gamma-glutamyl-gamma-glutamylglutamic acid;a folic acid conjugate, a principle chemically similar to folic acid except that it contains three molecules of glutamic acid instead of one, in g linkage. Synonym: fermentation Lactobacillus casei factor, pteroyltriglutamic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygium | Origin: NL, fr. Gr, properly a dim, akin to a feather. <medicine> A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pterygium colli | A congenital, usually bilateral, web or tight band of skin of the neck extending from the acromion to the mastoid seen in Turner's syndrome and Noonan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygium syndrome | <syndrome> Webbing of the neck, antecubital fossae, and popliteal fossae with flexion deformities of the extremities and anomalies of the vertebrae; observed in pseudo-Turner's syndrome and Turner's syndrome; mendelian inheritance of all those kinds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygium unguis | Origin: NL, fr. Gr, properly a dim, akin to a feather. <medicine> A superficial growth of vascular tissue radiating in a fanlike manner from the cornea over the surface of the eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pterygo- | Wing-shaped, usually the pterygoid process. Origin: G. Pteryx, pterygos, wing (05 Mar 2000) |
| pterygoid | <anatomy> Like a bird's wing in form; as, a pterygoid bone. Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone. A pterygoid bone. <anatomy> Pterygoid bone, a process projecting downward from either side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, an inner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space, called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes. Origin: Gr, a wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pterygoid branch of maxillary artery | <anatomy, artery> Pterygoid branches of middle meningeal artery. Synonym: rami pterygoidei arteriae maxillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |