| DW | daily weight; deionized water; dextrose in water; distilled water; doing well; dry weight |
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| ACTH | Adreno-Cortico-Tropic(=Tropin)(or steroid) Hormone |
| STH | Somato-Tropic Hormone |
| SW | seriously wounded; short waves; sinewave; slow wave; soap and water; social worker; spike wave; spir... |
| TW | tap water; terminal web; test weight; total body water; travelling wave |
| M-tropic | Macrophage tropic |
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| T-tropic | T cell line-tropic |
| T-tropic | T cell-tropic |
| w/o/w | Water-in-oil in water |
| ADC | Apparent diffusion coefficient of water |
| sport | 1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. "It is as sport a fool do mischief." (prov. X. 23) "Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight." (Sir P. Sidney) "Think it but a minute spent in sport." (Shak) 2. Mock; mockery; contemptuous mirth; derision. "Then make sport at me; then let me be your jest.Shak." 3. That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. "Flitting leaves, the sport of every wind." (Dryden) "Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned pasions." (John Clarke) 4. Play; idle jingle. "An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage would meet with small applause." (Broome) 5. Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, especially. When money is staked. 6. <botany> A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting. 7. A sportsman; a gambler. In sport, in jest; for play or diversion. "So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?" Synonym: Play, game, diversion, frolic, mirth, mock, mockery, jeer. Origin: Abbreviated frm disport. 1. To play; to frolic; to wanton. "[Fish], sporting with quick glance, Show to the sun their waved coats dropt with gold." (Milton) 2. To practice the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 3. To trifle. "He sports with his own life." 4. <botany> To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport. Synonym: To play, frolic, game, wanton. Origin: Sported; Sporting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tropic | 1. <suffix> A turning toward, having an affinity for. Compare: -trophic. Origin: G. Trope, a turning 2. <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water. 3. <astronomy> One of the two small circles of the celestial sphere, situated on each side of the equator, at a distance of 23 deg 28 min, and parallel to it, which the sun just reaches at its greatest declination north or south, and from which it turns again toward the equator, the northern circle being called the Tropic of Cancer, and the southern the Tropic of Capricorn, from the names of the two signs at which they touch the ecliptic. 4. <geography> One of the two parallels of terrestrial latitude corresponding to the celestial tropics, and called by the same names. The region lying between these parallels of latitude, or near them on either side. 5. <zoology> Tropic bird, any one of three species of oceanic belonging to the genus Phaethon, found chiefly in tropical seas. They are mostly white, and have two central tail feathers very long and slender. The yellow-billed tropic bird. Phaethon flavirostris (called also boatswain), is found on the Atlantic coast of America, and is common at the Bermudas, where it breeds. Origin: F. Tropique, L.tropicus of or belonging to a turn, i. E, of the sun, Gr. Of the solstice, (sc) the tropic or solstice, fr. To turn. See Trope. Source: Websters Dictionary (20 Jun 2000) |
| tropic acid | <chemical> A constituent of atropine and of scopolamine, in which it is esterified through its COOH to the 3-CHOH of tropine. Chemical name: alpha-phenylhydracrylic acid; 2-phenyl-3-hydroxypropionic acid Structure: HOCH2CH(C6H5)COOH Synonym: tropaic acid, tropeic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tropic acid dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Catalyses nad-dependent conversion of tropic acid to phenylacetaldehyde via oxidative decarboxylation; isolated from pseudomonas Registry number: EC 1.1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| tropic hormone | <endocrinology> A peptide hormone that stimulates a specific target gland to secrete adifferent set of hormones. (09 Oct 1997) |
| tropic hormones | Trophic hormones, those hormone's of the anterior lobe of the pituitary that affect the growth, nutrition, or function of other endocrine glands. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline water | A water that contains appreciable amounts of the bicarbonates of calcium, lithium, potassium, or sodium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aromatic water | 1. To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. "With tears watering the ground." (Milton) "Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands." (Longfellow) 2. To supply with water for drink; to cause or allow to drink; as, to water cattle and horses. 3. To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water. 4. To add water to (anything), thereby extending the quantity or bulk while reducing the strength or quality; to extend; to dilute; to weaken. To water stock, to increase the capital stock of a company by issuing new stock, thus diminishing the value of the individual shares. Cf. Water. Origin: AS. Waeterian, gewaeterian. 1. The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc. "We will drink water." ."Powers of fire, air, water, and earth." . Pure water consists of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, and is a colourless, odorless, tasteless, transparent liquid, which is very slightly compressible. at its maximum density, 39 deg Fahr. Or 4 deg C, it is the standard for specific gravities, one cubic centimeter weighing one gram. It freezes at 32 deg Fahr. Or 0 deg C. And boils at 212 deg Fahr. Or 100 deg C. (see Ice, Steam). It is the most important natural solvent, and is frequently impregnated with foreign matter which is mostly removed by distillation; hence, rain water is nearly pure. It is an important ingredient in the tissue of animals and plants, the human body containing about two thirds its weight of water. 2. A body of water, standing or flowing; a lake, river, or other collection of water. "Remembering he had passed over a small water a poor scholar when first coming to the university, he kneeled." (Fuller) 3. Any liquid secretion, humor, or the like, resembling water; especially, the urine. 4. <pharmacology> A solution in water of a gaseous or readily volatile substance; as, ammonia water. 5. The limpidity and luster of a precious stone, especially a diamond; as, a diamond of the first water, that is, perfectly pure and transparent. Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. A wavy, lustrous pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. See Water, 3, Damask, and Damaskeen. 7. An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their value for investment is diminished, or "diluted." Water is often used adjectively and in the formation of many self-explaining compounds; as, water drainage; water gauge, or water-gauge; waterfowl, water-fowl, or water fowl; water-beaten; water-borne, water-circled, water-girdled, water-rocked, etc. Hard water. See Hard. Inch of water, a unit of measure of quantity of water, being the quantity which will flow through an orifice one inch square, or a circular orifice one inch in diameter, in a vertical surface, under a stated constant head; also called miner's inch, and water inch. The shape of the orifice and the head vary in different localities. In the Western United States, for hydraulic mining, the standard aperture is square and the head from 4 to 9 inches above its center. In Europe, for experimental hydraulics, the orifice is usually round and the head from 1/12 of an inch to 1 inch above its top. Mineral water, waters which are so impregnated with foreign ingredients, such as gaseous, sulphureous, and saline substances, as to give them medicinal properties, or a particular flavor or temperature. Soft water, water not impregnated with lime or mineral salts. To hold water. See Hold, To keep one's head above water, to keep afloat; fig, to avoid failure or sinking in the struggles of life. To make water. To pass urine. <medicine> Hydrothorax. Other phrases, in which water occurs as the first element, will be found in alphabetical order in the Vocabulary. Origin: AS. Waeter; akin to OS. Watar, OFries. Wetir, weter, LG. & D. Water, G. Wasser, OHG. Wazzar, Icel. Vatn, Sw. Vatten, Dan. Vand, Goth. Wat, O. Slav. & Russ. Voda, Gr, Skr. Udan water, ud to wet, and perhaps to L. Unda wave. Cf. Dropsy, Hydra, Otter, Wet, Whisky. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| baryta water | A saturated aqueous solution of barium hydroxide; used as an alkaline reagent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter water | A natural mineral water containing Epsom salt. (05 Mar 2000) |
| black water | azoturia of horses |
| boiling water reactor | <radiobiology> Class of fission reactor where water is used as a coolant and allowed to boil into steam. (09 Oct 1997) |
| bound water | Water held to colloids and other substances and not removed by simple filtration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bromine water | A water containing the bromides of magnesium, potassium, or sodium in therapeutic amounts. (05 Mar 2000) |
| calcic water | A water containing appreciable quantities of calcium salts in solution. (05 Mar 2000) |
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