| EOSIN | • eosin n. (Organic chemistry) A red, acidic dye commonly used in histological stains. • EOSIN n. a red dye, also EOSINE. |
| ROSIN | • rosin n. (Organic chemistry) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. • rosin n. Resin. • rosin v. (Transitive) To apply rosin to (something); to rub or cover with rosin. |
| COOSIN | • coosin v. Obsolete form of cozen. (to cheat or defraud) • COOSIN v. to cheat, also COOSEN, COZEN. |
| MYOSIN | • myosin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues, allowing mobility in muscles. • myosin n. An albuminous body present in dead muscle formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis. • MYOSIN n. a protein found in muscle tissue. |
| POCOSIN | • pocosin n. (US) A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland or Virginia; a palustrine wetland… • POCOSIN n. (Native American) an upland swamp of the coastal plain of the southeastern US, also POCOSEN, POCOSON. |
| TYLOSIN | • tylosin n. A veterinary antibiotic obtained from the actinomycete Streptomyces fradiae. • TYLOSIN n. an antibiotic. |
| CHYMOSIN | • chymosin n. (Biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin. • CHYMOSIN n. rennin. |
| CREMOSIN | • cremosin adj. Obsolete form of crimson. • CREMOSIN adj. (obsolete) crimson, also CRAMESY, CRAMOISIE, CRAMOISY, CREMSIN, CRIMSON. |
| LEUCOSIN | • leucosin n. (Dated) chrysolaminarin. • LEUCOSIN n. a cereal albumen. |
| NIGROSIN | • nigrosin n. A mixture of synthetic black dyes made by heating a mixture of nitrobenzene, aniline and aniline hydrochloride… • NIGROSIN n. a blackish coal-tar colour dye, also NIGROSINE. |
| THYMOSIN | • thymosin n. A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the thymus, that stimulates the development of T cells as part of… • THYMOSIN n. a hormone secreted by the thymus. |
| BROMEOSIN | • bromeosin n. A fluorescent dye produced by the reaction of bromine with fluorescein. • BROMEOSIN n. another name for eosin, a red dye stuff. |
| ACTOMYOSIN | • actomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres. • ACTOMYOSIN n. a protein found in skeletal muscle. |
| ERYTHROSIN | • erythrosin n. (Chemistry) A red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosin. • erythrosin n. (Chemistry) A red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine. • ERYTHROSIN n. a red substance formed by the oxidation of tyrosine, also ERYTHROSINE. |
| MEROMYOSIN | • meromyosin n. (Biochemistry) Either of the two subunits of myosin that are formed by the action of trypsin. • MEROMYOSIN n. protein subunits of myosin molecule. |
| TROPOMYOSIN | • tropomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together… • TROPOMYOSIN n. a filamentous protein which controls the interaction of actin and myosin in muscle fibres. |