CToad7 ALT's definitions

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

welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk

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

civic-minded

(alternative form: civicminded)

Tending to do things that help your city or town and the people who live there.

"Town officials are hoping that some civic-minded person will volunteer to organize the parade."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

monochromator

(plural: monochromators)

An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths from a broader spectrum.

"The plasma emission spectra were measured with the use of a monochromator device."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

carboxymethylcellulose

(plural: carboxymethylcelluloses)

(alternative form: carboxymethyl cellulose)

A cellulose derivative with carboxymethyl groups bound to some of the hydroxyl groups of the glucopyranose monomers that make up the cellulose backbone. It is often used as its sodium salt, sodium carboxymethylcellulose. It used to be marketed under the name Tylose, a registered trademark of SE Tylose.

"NPB304 was suspended in a 0.5% solution of carboxymethylcellulose."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

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

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