| tiger heart | A fatty degenerated heart in which the fat is disposed in the form of broken stripes in the subendocardial myocardium. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| tiger's-foot | <botany> A name given to some species of morning-glory (Ipomoea) having the leaves lobed in pedate fashion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiger-eye | <chemical> A siliceous stone of a yellow colour and chatoyant luster, obtained in South Africa and much used for ornament. It is an altered form of the mineral crocidolite. See Crocidolite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiger-foot | <botany> Same as Tiger's-foot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tight junction | <cell biology> Specialised intercellular junction in which the two plasma membranes are separated by only 1-2nm. Found near the apical surface of cells in simple epithelia, forms a sealing gasket around the cell. Prevents fluid moving through the intercellular gap and the lateral diffusion of intrinsic membrane proteins between apical and baso lateral domains of the plasma membrane. (18 Nov 1997) |
| tight junctions | Cell-cell junctions that seal adjacent epithelial cells together, preventing the passage of most dissolved molecules from one side of the epithelial sheet to the other. (alberts et al., molecular biology of the cell, 2nd ed, pg-22) (12 Dec 1998) |
| tightening your braces | <dentistry> A process which occurs every 3-6 weeks when you have braces. You go into the orthodontist's office and the orthodontist's assistant either makes adjustments to the wires in your braces, or changes the wires. (08 Jan 1998) |
| tiglate | A salt or ester of tiglic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tiglian | Original trivial name for the saturated form of phorbol. Origin: fr. Croton tiglium (Euphorbiaceae) (05 Mar 2000) |
| tiglic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7CO2H (called also methyl crotonic acid), homologous with crotonic acid, and obtained from croton oil (from Croton Tiglium) as a white crystalline substance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tiglic acid | CH3CH==C(CH3)COOH; (E)-2-Methyl-2-butenoic acid; trans-2,3-dimethyl-acrylic acid;an unsaturated fatty acid present in glycerides in croton oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tigloyl-CoA-13-hydroxymultiflorine-13-hydroxyupanine O-tigloyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the tigloyl transfer from tigloyl-CoA to 13-hydroxymultiflorine and 13-hydroxyupanine Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: hmt-hltase (26 Jun 1999) |
| tiglyl-CoA | CH3-CH==C(CH3)-COSCoA;an intermediate in the degradation of l-isoleucine. Synonym: tiglyl-coenzyme A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tiglyl-coenzyme A | CH3-CH==C(CH3)-COSCoA;an intermediate in the degradation of l-isoleucine. Synonym: tiglyl-coenzyme A. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tigress | <zoology> The female of the tiger. Origin: From Tiger: cf. F. Tigresse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |