| zonule | A small zone. Synonym: zonula. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| zonulitis | Assumed inflammation of the zonule of Zinn, or suspensory ligament of the lens of the eye. Origin: zonule + G. -itis, inflammation (05 Mar 2000) |
| zonulolysis | Zonulysis Dissolution of the zonula ciliaris by enzymes (alpha-chymotrypsin) to facilitate surgical removal of a cataract. Synonym: Barraquer's method. Origin: zonule + G. Lysis, dissolution (05 Mar 2000) |
| zonure | <zoology> Any one of several of South African lizards of the genus Zonura, common in rocky situations. Origin: Zone + Gr. Tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoo blot analysis | A procedure using Southern blot analysis to test the ability of a nucleic acid probe from one species to hybridise with the DNA fragment of another species. (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoo- | <prefix> A combining form meaning an animal, as in zoogenic, zoology, etc. (29 Oct 1998) |
| zooagglutinin | <haematology> A protein found in some animal venoms that makes red blood cells clot. (06 May 1997) |
| zooanthroponosis | A zoonosis normally maintained by humans but which can be transmitted to other vertebrates (e.g., amoebiasis to dogs, tuberculosis). Compare: anthropozoonosis, amphixenosis. Origin: zoo-+ G. Anthropos, man, + nosos, disease (05 Mar 2000) |
| zooblast | An animal cell. Origin: zoo-+ G. Blastos, germ (05 Mar 2000) |
| zoochemical | Pertaining to zoochemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoochemistry | Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition of the animal body, in distinction from biochemistry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoochemy | Animal chemistry; zoochemistry. Origin: Zoo- + Gr. Alchemy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoochlorella | <zoology> One of the small green granulelike bodies found in the interior of certain stentors, hydras, and other invertebrates. Origin: NL, dim. From Gr. Zoon = an animal + green. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| zoochlorellae | <organism> Intracellular symbiotic algae usually of the genus Chlorella found in some lamellibranchs, protozoans, flatworms sponges and corals etc. (18 Nov 1997) |
| zoochrome | A naturally occurring animal pigment; includes human pigments. (05 Mar 2000) |