| ACTOMYOSIN | • actomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres. • ACTOMYOSIN n. a protein found in skeletal muscle. |
| CRYOSCOPES | • cryoscopes n. Plural of cryoscope. • CRYOSCOPE n. an instrument for determining freezing points of substances. |
| CRYOSCOPIC | • cryoscopic adj. (Chemistry, physics) of or pertaining to cryoscopy; determined using a cryoscope. • CRYOSCOPIC adj. relating to cryoscopy. |
| CRYOSTATIC | • cryostatic adj. Of or pertaining to a cryostat or to cryostasis. • cryostatic adj. (Geology) of or pertaining to the pressure exerted on soil or rocks by the freezing of water. • CRYOSTATIC adj. relating to the use of a cryostat, an apparatus for achieving or demonstrating cooling by evaporation; any apparatus for obtaining a low temperature. |
| DICTYOSOME | • dictyosome n. (Cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells. • DICTYOSOME n. any of the membranous or vesicular structures making up the Golgi apparatus. |
| HYOSCYAMUS | • hyoscyamus n. (Botany) Any of the genus Hyoscyamus of henbanes. • hyoscyamus n. (Medicine) The leaves of the black henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), used in neuralgic and pectoral troubles. • Hyoscyamus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – henbanes. |
| ICHTHYOSES | • ichthyoses n. Plural of ichthyosis. • ICHTHYOSIS n. a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly. |
| ICHTHYOSIS | • ichthyosis n. (Pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin. • ICHTHYOSIS n. a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly. |
| KARYOSOMES | • karyosomes n. Plural of karyosome. • KARYOSOME n. a spherical aggregation of chromatin in a resting nucleus during mitosis. |
| MATRYOSHKA | • matryoshka n. One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next. • MATRYOSHKA n. (Russian) a hollow wooden doll, also MATRIOSHKA, MATROYSHKA. |
| MATRYOSHKI | • matryoshki n. Plural of matryoshka. • MATRYOSHKA n. (Russian) a hollow wooden doll, also MATRIOSHKA, MATROYSHKA. |
| 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. |
| MYOSITISES | • MYOSITIS n. muscular pain from infection. |
| MYOSOTISES | • myosotises n. Plural of myosotis. • MYOSOTIS n. (Greek) a genus of flower, forget-me-not, also MYOSOTE. |
| MYOSTATINS | • myostatins n. Plural of myostatin. • MYOSTATIN n. a protein that prevents muscles from growing too large. |
| PROEMBRYOS | • proembryos n. Plural of proembryo. • PROEMBRYO n. a group of cells formed in the dividing zygote, from which part the embryo arises. |