(plural: stereoelectroencephalographies)

The practice of recording electroencephalographic signals via depth electrodes (electrodes surgically implanted into the brain tissue).
"Stereoelectroencephalography may be used in patients with epilepsy not responding to medical treatment, and who are potential candidates to receive brain surgery in order to control seizures."
by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023
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amino acid

(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.
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."
by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023
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quasi-contract

(plural: quasi-contracts)

Another name for a contract implied in law, which acts as a remedy for a dispute between two parties that don't have a contract. A quasi-contract is a legal obligation—not a traditional contract—which is decided by a judge for one party to compensate the other. Thus, a quasi-contract is a retroactive judgment to correct a circumstance in which one party acquires something at the expense of the other.
"It is not always simple to know if there is a contract, a quasi-contract or a damage award."
by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023
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trimetasphere

(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.
"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
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Yes, this is a word. It's another name for the houseleek.
"Why is there a welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk on your roof?"
"What?"
by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023
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trivalve

(plural: trivalves)

Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
"There is, however, an instrument similar to these trivalve instruments in the museum at Athens."
by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023
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subarachnoid

Of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
"In patients without subarachnoid hemorrhage from a separate aneurysm, larger aneurysms also were more likely to rupture."
by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023
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