| thapsigargin | <protein> Cell permeable inhibitor of calcium ATPase of endoplasmic reticulum, leads to increase in cytoplasmic calcium ions. Acts independently of InsP3. A tumour promoter. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| thar | <zoology> A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Synonym: serow, and imo. Alternative forms: thaar, and tahr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tharos | <zoology> A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents. Synonym: pearl crescent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thatch | 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. 2. <botany> A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. Thatch sparrow, the house sparrow. Origin: OE. Thak, AS. Oaec a roof; akin to oeccean to cover, D. Dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. Dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. Oak a roof, Sw. Tak, Dan. Tag, Lith. Stogas, Ir. Teagh a house, Gael. Teach, tigh, W. Ty, L. Tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr, a roof, to cover, Skr. Sthag. Cf. Deck, Integument, Tile, Toga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thaumatin | <protein> Protein from the African plant Thaumatococcus daniellii. It tastes 10exp5 times sweeter than sucrose. (18 Nov 1997) |
| thaumatolatry | Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. "The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century." (Hare) Origin: Gr, a wonder + worship. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thaumatrope | <optics> An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn. It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidlz round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage. Origin: Gr. A wonder + to turn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| thaumatropy | The transformation of one form of tissue into another. Origin: G. Thauma (thaumat-), a wonder, + trope, a turning (05 Mar 2000) |
| thaumaturgus | A miracle worker; a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints. Origin: NL, from Gr. Wonder-working; a wonder + work. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Thayer, J | <person> See: Thayer-Martin medium, Thayer-Martin agar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Thayer-Martin agar | A Mueller-Hinton agar with 5% chocolate sheep blood and antibiotics, used for transport and primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitides. Synonym: Thayer-Martin medium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Thayer-Martin medium | A Mueller-Hinton agar with 5% chocolate sheep blood and antibiotics, used for transport and primary isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitides. Synonym: Thayer-Martin medium. (05 Mar 2000) |