| reduced haemoglobin | The form of Hb in red blood cells after the oxygen of oxyhemoglobin is released in the tissues. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| reduced interarch distance | An occluding vertical dimension which results in an excessive interocclusal distance when the mandible is in rest position, and in a reduced interridge distance when the teeth are in contact. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducible | Capable of being reduced. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducible hernia | A hernia in which the contents of the sac can be returned to their normal location. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing | From Reduce. <chemistry> Reducing furnace, a furnace for reducing ores. Reducing pipe fitting, a pipe fitting, as a coupling, an elbow, a tee, etc, for connecting a large pipe with a smaller one. Reducing valve, a device for automatically maintaining a diminished pressure of steam, air, gas, etc, in a pipe, or other receiver, which is fed from a boiler or pipe in which the pressure is higher than is desired in the receiver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| reducing agent | A molecule that donates an electron in an oxidation-reduction reaction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| reducing agents | Materials that add an electron to an element or compound, that is, decrease the positiveness of its valence. (12 Dec 1998) |
| reducing diet | A diet in which caloric expenditure is greater than caloric intake. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing enzyme | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses a reduction; since all enzymes catalyze reactions in either direction, any reductase can, under the proper conditions, behave as an oxidase and vice versa, hence the term oxidoreductase. For individual reductase's, see the specific names. Synonym: reducing enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing sugar | A sugar, such as glucose in the urine, that has the property of reducing various inorganic ions, notably cupric ion to cuprous ion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reducing valve | A valve designed to lower the pressure of a gas coming from a cylinder containing compressed gas under high pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reductant | The substance that is oxidised in the course of reduction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reductase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses a reduction; since all enzymes catalyze reactions in either direction, any reductase can, under the proper conditions, behave as an oxidase and vice versa, hence the term oxidoreductase. For individual reductase's, see the specific names. Synonym: reducing enzyme. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reductic acid | 2,3-Dihydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one;a strong reducing product (antioxidant) formed in hot alkaline sugar solutions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reduction | <orthopaedics, surgery> The correction of a fracture, dislocation or hernia. (18 Nov 1997) |