| gelose | <chemistry> An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate, found in Gelidium, agar-agar, and other seaweeds. See: Gelatin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| gelosis | An extremely firm mass in tissue (especially in a muscle), with a consistency resembling that of frozen tissue. Origin: L. Gelo, to freeze, congeal, + G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| gelotripsy | Rubbing away an indurated swelling or tender point in neuralgia and myalgia. Origin: Gelosis + G. Tripsis, a rubbing, fr. Tribo, to rub (05 Mar 2000) |
| gels | Colloids with a solid continuous phase and liquid as the dispersed phase; gels may be unstable when, due to temperature or other cause, the solid phase liquifies; the resulting colloid is called a sol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gelsemine | <chemistry> An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance. Synonym: gelsemia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelseminic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens); as, gelseminic acid, a white crystalline substance resembling esculin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelsemium | 1. <botany> A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers. 2. <medicine> The root of the yellow jasmine, used in malarial fevers, etc. Origin: NL, fr. It. Gelsomino jasmine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gelsolin | <protein> Actin binding protein (90 kD) that nucleates actin polymerisation, but at high calcium ion concentrations (10exp 6 M) causes severing of filaments. (18 Nov 1997) |
| Gely | Jules A., French surgeon, 1806-1861. See: Gely's suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gely's suture | A cobbler's suture used in closing intestinal wounds. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gem | 1. <botany> A bud. 2. A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc, especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel. 3. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass coloured with metallic oxide. 4. <prefix> Prefix denoting twin substitutions on a single atom; e.g., the gem-dimethyl substitution on carbon-4 of lanosterol. Origin: shortened form of L. Geminus, twin; OE. Gemme precious stone, F. Gemme, fr. L. Gemma a precious stone, bud. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000) |
| Gemella | <bacteria> A genus of motile, aerobic, facultatively anaerobic, coccoid bacteria (family Streptococcaceae) which occur singly or in pairs, with flattened adjacent sides. They are Gram-indeterminate but have a cell wall like that of Gram-positive bacteria, and are parasitic on mammals. The type species is Gemella haemolysans, which is found in bronchial secretions and in mucus from the respiratory tract. Origin: L. Dim. Of geminus, twin (05 Mar 2000) |
| gemellipara | <obstetrics> An obsolete term for a woman who has given birth to twins. Origin: L. Gemellus, twin, + pario, to bear (05 Mar 2000) |
| gemellology | The study of twins and the phenomenology of twinning. Origin: L. Gemellus, twin-born, + G. Logos, study (05 Mar 2000) |
| gemellus | More specifically; inferior gemellus muscle, superior gemellus muscle. Origin: L. Dim. Of geminus, twin (05 Mar 2000) |