21 definitions by CToad7 ALT
(plural: megakaryocytes)
An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.
An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.
by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023
"Under appropriate culture conditions, the megacaryocyte burst-forming cell can develop into 40 to 500 megacaryocytes within 1 week."
by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023
(plural: amino acids)
1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom, and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.
1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom, and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.
For definition 1: "Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups."
For definition 2: "These amino acids are the building blocks of protein."
For definition 2: "These amino acids are the building blocks of protein."
by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023
"Long-term Santo resident, New Zealand-born Russell drives us through the plateau's back roads, introducing us to his ni-Vanuatu friends."
by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023
(alternative forms: amakwerekwere and kwerekwere)
A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.
A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.
by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023
(plural: trimetaspheres)
A buckminsterfullerene containing a nitrogen atom and three metal atoms. They are made from lots of carbon, a dash of nitrogen, and a pinch of metals, usually one or two from the Lanthanoid family.
A buckminsterfullerene containing a nitrogen atom and three metal atoms. They are made from lots of carbon, a dash of nitrogen, and a pinch of metals, usually one or two from the Lanthanoid family.
"The first trimetasphere carbon nanomaterials adduct, a Diels-Alder cycloadduct of Sc3N by C80, was reported by Dorn et al. in 2002."
by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023
A country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the country's capital and also its largest city. The population is about 6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics, and Turkmenistan is one of the most sparsely populated nations in Asia. It's also one of the least explored countries in the world. It declared its independence on the 27th of October, 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023