| ANTHOXANTHIN | • anthoxanthin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a group of water-soluble flavonoid pigments found in plants. • ANTHOXANTHIN n. a yellow pigment in plants. |
| AUTOTOXAEMIA | • autotoxaemia n. Autointoxication. • auto-toxaemia n. Alternative spelling of autotoxaemia. • AUTOTOXAEMIA n. self-poisoning caused by absorption of toxic products originating within the body, also AUTOTOXEMIA. |
| CLOXACILLINS | • cloxacillins n. Plural of cloxacillin. • CLOXACILLIN n. a penicillin-type antibiotic used to treat infections by staphylococcal bacteria. |
| FLUVOXAMINES | • FLUVOXAMINE n. an antidepressant predominantly used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
| FUCOXANTHINS | • fucoxanthins n. Plural of fucoxanthin. • FUCOXANTHIN n. a brown carotenoid pigment occurring esp. in the chloroplasts of brown algae. |
| HYPOXANTHINE | • hypoxanthine n. (Organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle, 3,7-dihydropurin-6-one, that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis… • HYPOXANTHINE n. a purine base found in plant and animal tissues that yields xanthine on oxidation. |
| OXALACETATES | • oxalacetates n. Plural of oxalacetate. • OXALACETATE n. a salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid, also OXALOACETATE. |
| OXALOACETATE | • oxaloacetate n. (Organic chemistry) any salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid. • OXALOACETATE n. a salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid, also OXALACETATE. |
| PHYCOXANTHIN | • phycoxanthin n. (Dated) A yellowish colouring matter found in certain algae. • PHYCOXANTHIN n. a yellow pigment found in diatoms, brown seaweeds etc. |
| POLYSILOXANE | • polysiloxane n. (Chemistry) Any of many polymers having a siloxane repeat unit. • POLYSILOXANE n. any of a number of polymers which are the basis of silicone chemistry. |
| PYRIDOXAMINE | • pyridoxamine n. (Biochemistry) A constituent of vitamin B6, essential for the metabolism of starch and amino acids. • PYRIDOXAMINE n. a crystalline amine of the vitamin B6 group. |
| THROMBOXANES | • thromboxanes n. Plural of thromboxane. • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |
| ZOOXANTHELLA | • zooxanthella n. (Archaic) Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found… • zooxanthella n. Any of various typically yellow-brown dinoflagellates (originally grouped as genus Zooxanthella) now… • ZOOXANTHELLA n. a symbiotic dinoflagellate of the genus Symbiodinium that lives in the tissues of a number of marine invertebrates and protists. |