| gelatinase | Pepsin B; a proteolytic enzyme which hydrolyzes gelatin. See: pepsin. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| gelatinases | <enzyme> A class of enzymes that catalyses the degradation of gelatin by acting on the peptide bonds. Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| gelatinate | To be converted into gelatin, or into a substance like jelly. "Lapis lazuli, if calcined, does not effervesce, but gelatinates with the mineral acids." (Kirwan) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelatine | <physiology> A nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot water, and forming a jelly on cooling. It is an important ingredient of calf's-foot jelly, isinglass, glue, etc. It is used as food, but its nutritious qualities are of a low order. Both spellings, gelatin and gelatine, are in good use, but the tendency of writers on physiological chemistry favors the form in -in, as in the United States Dispensatory, the United States Pharmacopoeia, Fownes' Watts' Chemistry, Brande & Cox's Dictionary. Blasting gelatin, an explosive, containing about ninety-five parts of nitroglycerin and five of collodion. Gelatin process, a name applied to a number of processes in the arts, involving the use of gelatin. Especially: A method of producing facsimile copies of an original, written or drawn in aniline ink upon paper, thence transferred to a cake of gelatin softened with glycerin, from which impressions are taken upon ordinary paper. Vegetable gelatin. See Gliadin. Origin: F. Gelatine, fr. L. Gelare to congeal. See Geal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelatiniferous | <physiology> Yielding gelatin on boiling with water; capable of gelatination. Origin: Gelatin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelatinise | 1. To convert into gelatin. 2. To become gelatinous. Synonym: gelate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinization | Conversion into gelatin or a substance resembling it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinize | 1. To convert into gelatin or jelly. Same as Gelatinate. 2. <photography> To coat, or otherwise treat, with gelatin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelatinoid | 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of gelatin. 2. Jelly-like or resembling gelatin. Synonym: gelatinoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinous | 1. Pertaining to or characteristic of gelatin. 2. Jelly-like or resembling gelatin. Synonym: gelatinoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinous ascites | <radiology> Rupture of: ovarian pseudomucinous cystadenoma, appendicial mucocele, mucinous material in peritoneum, with or without diffuse abdominal calcification (12 Dec 1998) |
| gelatinous infiltration | A term sometimes used for the relatively rapidly formed, semisolid, gray or gray-white exudate (chiefly necrotic cells and remnants of tissue, and macrophages) resulting from unusually acute, overwhelming, diffuse tuberculous infection in the lung. Synonym: gelatinous infiltration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinous lesion | A small area of oedema in the arterial intima, possibly a precursor of a fibrous plaque. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gelatinous nucleus | The soft fibrocartilage central portion of the intervertebral disk; regarded as a derivative of the notochord. Synonym: gelatinous nucleus, nucleus gelatinosus, vertebral pulp. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelatinous polyp | A polyp that consists of delicate, loose, edematous connective tissue, a polypoid myxoma. (05 Mar 2000) |