| semipenniform | <anatomy> Half or partially penniform; as, a semipenniform muscle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| semipermeable | Freely permeable to water (or other solvent) but relatively impermeable to solutes. Depending on the context, it has been used to imply impermeability to all solutes except very small uncharged molecules (e.g., a cell membrane), or merely impermeability to very large molecules such as proteins (e.g., a capillary membrane). (05 Mar 2000) |
| semipermeable membrane | <biology, physiology> A membrane that is selectively permeable to only one (or a few) solutes. The potential developed across a membrane permeable to only one ionic species is given by the Nernst equation for the species: this is the basis for the operation of ion selective electrodes. (18 Nov 1997) |
| semiphlogisticated | <chemistry> Partially impregnated with phlogiston. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semiplacenta | The type of placenta in ruminants, horse and pig, in which the maternal and foetal placentas do not grow together but can be easily separated without tearing; an apposed or contact placenta. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiplume | <zoology> A feather which has a plumelike web, with the shaft of an ordinary feather. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semipolar bond | A bond in which the two electrons shared by a pair of atoms belonged originally to only one of the atoms; often represented by a small arrow pointing toward the electron receiver; e.g., nitric acid, O(OH)N→O; phosphoric acid, (OH)3P→O. Synonym: coordinate covalent bond. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semipronation | The attitude or assumption of a partly prone position, as in Sims' position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiprone | Denoting semipronation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiprone position | A position to facilitate a vaginal examination, the patient lying on the side with the under arm behind the back, the thighs flexed, the upper one more than the lower. Synonym: English position, lateral recumbent position, semiprone position. (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiquartile | <astronomy> An aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semiquinone | A free radical resulting from the removal of one hydrogen atom with its electron during the process of dehydrogenation of a hydroquinone to quinone or similar compound (e.g., flavin mononucleotide). (05 Mar 2000) |
| semiquintile | <astronomy> An aspect of the planets when distant from each other half of the quintile, or thirty-six degrees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semirecondite | <zoology> Half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semiring | <anatomy> One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds. The semerings form an essential part of the syrinx, or musical organ, of singing birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| semiotics |
The study of signs, as they may be perceived in literary works, including plays. Semiotics is a contemporary tool of dramaturgical analysis that offers the possibility of identifying all the ingredients of drama (staging as well as language) and determining the precise conjunctions between them.
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| semiconservative replication |
A common mode of replication in which both strands of a DNA double helix are copied by the replication machinery to give a pair of progeny DNA molecules.
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| seminiferous tubule |
A structural unit in the adult testis; it consists of somatic Sertoli cells and germ cells at several developmental stages.
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| semiconservative replication |
The mode by which DNA replicates. Each strand acts as a template for a new double helix. The established model of DNA replication in which each double-stranded molecule is composed of one parental strand and one newly polymerized strand. See template.
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| seminoma |
A type of testicular cancer that is made up of a single type of cell. Seminomas tend to be slow growing and occur most often when men are in their 40s and 50s.
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| SEMI | a membrane (as a cell membrane) that allows some molecule to pass through but not others |
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| SEMI | used of gemstones having less commercial value than precious stones |
| SEMI | an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis |
| SEMI | an athlete who plays for pay on a part-time basis |
| SEMI | having some of the features of public institution |
| SEMI | a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note |
| SEMI | not fully rigid |
| SEMI | (aeronautics) having a form maintained by a rigid keel-like structure as well as by internal gas pressure |
| SEMI | possessing or requiring limited skills |
| SEMI | somewhat soft |
| SEMI | partly solid |
| SEMI | having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness |