semenogelin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that form a gel matrix that encases ejaculated spermatozoa


eusexual

(biology) sexual (as opposed to parasexuality or other mechanisms)


anhydrobiont

(biology) Any organism that lives in an environment with nearly no water


natremic

natremic effects of dietary sodium intake in chronic kidney disease

Moreover, the LGCs produce a natremic factor, a peptide stimulating the uptake of sodium through the integument […]

1988, M. C. Thorndyke, G. J. Goldsworthy, Neurohormones in Invertebrates, page 273:

(biology, medicine) Of or pertaining to natremia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of sodium (Na) concentration over time.

magnesemic

biometallic cation concentration in blood


seipin

en-noun

seipin (countable and uncountable, plural seipins)

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum

(biochemistry) A homooligomeric integral membrane protein in the endoplasmic reticulum that concentrates at junctions with cytoplasmic lipid droplets


deadenosylate

en-verb

deadenosylate (third-person singular simple present deadenosylates, present participle deadenosylating, simple past and past participle deadenosylated)

deadenosylates (present singular third-person)
deadenosylating (participle present)
deadenosylated (participle past)
deadenosylated (past)

From de- + adenosyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

af

(biochemistry) To remove an adenosyl group


elastokine

(biochemistry) A peptide derived from elastin


epigrowth

(biology) A growth that builds up on another, static, organism


galactolectin

(biochemistry) Any lectin that binds galactose


hyalurosome

(biology) An organelle that releases hyaluronic acid


hyperglycosylation

en-noun

hyperglycosylation (usually uncountable, plural hyperglycosylations)


hypermutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses hypermutation


hyperthermoacidophile

(biology) Any organism that is both a hyperthermophile and an acidophile


iminohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an imine


leuconoid

‘Leuconoid’ sponges, which include barrel sponges and tube sponges, have made filter feeding into an art form thanks to a brilliant but simple natural design.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 29:

(zoology) Relating to or resembling a leucon.


mechanobiochemical

(biochemistry) mechanochemical and biochemical


phosphospecies

(biochemistry) Any phosphonated form of a biological molecule (especially a protein)


pseudodiploidy

(genetics) The condition of being pseudodiploid


silacidin

(biochemistry) A highly-phosphorylated protein that is involved in biomineralization


silaffin

a compound of the words silica and affiliation

(biochemistry) A protein that acts as a matrix for the precipitation of silica in the cell walls of diatoms.


spherogenic

(biology) That leads to the formation of spherocytes


treculavirin

(biochemistry) A peptide, isolated from a species of Treculia, that has anti-HIV properties.


stegopterous

(zoology) Keeping the wings deflexed when at rest.


calicoblast

The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.

1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32:

(cytology) A primary cell of the calicodermis.


heterozigous

(genetics, of an individual) That has two different alleles (variants) of the specific gene.


metalloisopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any isopeptidase that is a metalloenzyme


morphocultural

(biology) Describing differences in the morphology of the same organism in different places, cultures etc


prorenalase

(biochemistry) A precursor protein that becomes renalase when activated


siphonous

(biology, of algae) Having tubular filaments.


fin-footed

Pinnipeds are a widely distributed clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals.

(zoology) having feet that resemble a fin, such as the feet of pinnipeds


madicolous

(biology) Inhabiting a thin film or sheet of water.


chone

From Ancient Greek χώνη (khṓnē, “a funnel”), contracted form of Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē).

(zoology) An inhalant or exhalant canal in a sponge; a pore sieve.


mixedwood

mixedwood (countable and uncountable, plural mixedwoods)

(ecology, attributive) Having a diverse assortment of trees.


protosexual

a protosexual yeast

(biology) Of or relating to a primitive process with some elements of sexuality.


competimer

(biochemistry) A primer that competes with another for a binding site


contraselectable

(genetics) That can give rise to contraselection


contraselection

(genetics) Selection for a desirable trait that has unintended negative consequences.


cytofission

(biology) cellular fission (typically during interphase)


deoxyuracil

(biochemistry) Describing a uracil deoxynucleotide


diantennary

(biochemistry) Having two antennas (oligosaccharide fragments)


feruloyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a feruloyl group


interferase

ĭn′tər-fîr′ās′

/ˌɪn.tə.fɪəˌæɪs/

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that interferes with a biochemical process.


leukoregulin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein lymphokine that regulates the extracellular matrix in dermal fibroblasts


mesotrypsin

(biochemistry) A trypsin isoform which is resistance to natural trypsin inhibitors


mesotrypsinogen

(biochemistry) An inactive precursor of mesotrypsin


nucleobindin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein


ovorubin

(biochemistry) A chromoprotein, present in gastropod eggs, that is a proteinase inhibitor.


photometabolite

(biochemistry) Any metabolite produced by the action of light (typically in the skin)


sulfoglycopeptide

(biochemistry) A glycopeptide that contains sulfate groups


superlocus

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superlocus.wav

(genetics) A position on a chromosome that is part of many genes


trehalohydrolase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of trehalose


spirocheticidal

en-adj

spirocheticidal (comparative more spirocheticidal, superlative most spirocheticidal)

more spirocheticidal (comparative)
most spirocheticidal (superlative)
spirochetocidal (alternative)

Penicillin was found to be actively spirocheticidal in vitro against the Reiter, Kazan, Nichols, and Noguchi strains of so called S. pallida, and a strain of mouth spirochetes.

1944, H Eagle, AD Musselman, “The spirocheticidal action of penicillin in vitro and its temperature coefficient”, in Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 80, number 6, →DOI, →PMID, pages 493–505:

(medicine, biology) Killing spirochetes.

spirochetostatic

spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal


preprocalcitonin

(biochemistry) A precursor in the biosynthesis of procalcitonin, as well as calcitonin and katacalcin further downstream.


aureusimine

Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus#Translingual

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cyclic dipeptides found in Staphylococcus aureus


chitobiosyl

(biochemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from chitobiose


dinucleotidic

(biochemistry) Relating to a dinucleotide


hologenome

(genetics) The collective genome of a holobiont


hydroxymetabolite

(biochemistry) A metabolite that is a hydroxy form of an initial compound


larviposit

en-verb

larviposit (third-person singular simple present larviposits, present participle larvipositing, simple past and past participle larviposited)

larviposits (present singular third-person)
larvipositing (participle present)
larviposited (participle past)
larviposited (past)

(biology) To deposit living larvae rather than eggs


larviposition

(biology) The act or the result of larvipositing


sarcenchyme

(zoology) One of the soft tissues of sponges.


spizine

(zoology) Relative to the Spizinae, an obsolete suborder of birds within the order Passeriformes (songbirds) that bear features characteristic of finches and similar small birds with a short conical bill, in use until the turn of the XIXᵗʰ century.


metallophosphohydrolase

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme form of phosphohydrolase


metatranscriptional

(genetics) Relating to metatranscription


stratocladistics

(genetics) A combination of stratigraphy and cladistics


gnetal

It^([the publicised book]) provides a complete coverage of the evolutionary approach to the major plant groups and discusses such special subjects as details on water ferns, gnetals, cyiads,^([sic]) the principal fungous groups, and slime molds.

1959, AIBS Bulletin, Volumes 9-12, American Institute of Biological Sciences, page 38:

(botany) Any species of the order Gnetales of relict gymnosperms.


gnetal

As we already have had occasion to remark for the gnetal and casuarinal alliances, a ½ floral symmetry is evidently an ancient one for that phylum.

1918, John Muirhead Macfarlane, The Causes and Course of Organic Evolution, page 371:

(botany) Of or pertaining to the species of the order Gnetales.


discomedusan

(zoology) A jellyfish of the subclass Discomedusae.


discomedusan

(zoology) Of or relating to the subclass Discomedusae.


aegerolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of hemolytic proteins, many of which possess antitumoral, antiproliferative and antibacterial properties


embryonation

(biology) The formation and development of an embryo.


glycoamidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses the amide link of a glycosamide


mechanosome

(biology) A hypothetical structure, in cells, responsible for mechanotransduction


morphogeographic

(biology) Relating to the affect of geography on plant morphology


neurabin

en-noun

neurabin (countable and uncountable, plural neurabins)

(biochemistry) An actin-binding protein that inhibits phosphatase activity


nonaploid

(genetics) polyploid to the extent of having nine sets of chromosomes in each cell


oligoploid

(genetics) Having a few more than the usual number of sets of chromosomes in each cell


spiraster

(zoology) In sponges, a short curved axial rod-like spicule with thick spines.


porometer

(botany) A device that measures the areas of the pores of a leaf (by measuring the amount of gas passing through it)


sialoligosaccharide

sialoligosaccharides (plural)
sialooligosaccharide (alternative)

(biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide derived from sialic acid


stoperator

(genetics) An operator in a genome that stops transcription


synisonym

(taxonomy, rare) Any of a set of names that share a basionym.


paragastric

(zoology) Relating to the paragaster (the cavity of the sac of a sponge)


betasatellite

(genetics) A form of single-stranded satellite DNA associated with plant viruses


chronobiogeographic

(biology) Describing biogeographic characteristics that change over time.


dermaseptin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptides, isolated from the skin of some frogs, that have properties that may be useful for drug delivery


exosortase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bacterial enzymes that are associated with protein sorting


exosulfatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that removes sulfate groups from the ends of carbohydrate sulfates


lipidomimetic

(biochemistry) That mimics the action or structure of lipids


microgenomic

(genetics) Relating to a microgenome or to microgenomics


micropeptide

(biochemistry) A very small peptide that has some biological activity and can thus be considered to be a protein


oligovalent

(medicine, biology) Greater than divalent and less than polyvalent


dionym

(taxonomy, dated) A binomial name; a scientific name at the rank of species, with two terms: a generic name and a specific name.


reconjugate

en-verb

reconjugate (third-person singular simple present reconjugates, present participle reconjugating, simple past and past participle reconjugated)

reconjugates (present singular third-person)
reconjugating (participle present)
reconjugated (participle past)
reconjugated (past)

(genetics) To cause, or to undergo reconjugation


reconjugation

(genetics, biology) A second or subsequent conjugation


terrestrialism

(biology) The practice of being terrestrial, typically of amphibians in a dry climate


xenosensing

(biology) The detection of "foreign" material.


chronoecology

(ecology) The study of the effects of time on ecosystems, especially the effects of periodicity


cytocortex

(cytology) The cortex of an epithelial cell


fucogalactan

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide composed of fucose and galactose residues


heteronucleotide

(genetics) A section of DNA composed of repeats of different nucleotides


evogram

An important systematic account with illustrations of Shaw's tephigram, the emagram, Refsdal's aerogram, Schinze's thetagram, Robizach's diagram, evogram, and Rossby's diagram.

1951, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Volume 2, page 307:

Teachers can facilitate such learning by incorporating cladistics and tree-thinking into the curriculum and using evograms to focus on important evolutionary transitions.

2009 June 7, LS Mead, “Transforming our thinking about transitional forms”, in Evolution: Education and Outreach, volume 2, number 2, page 310:

Providing the basics for tree reading suggests that the use of evograms (evolutionary diagrams integrating different lines of evidence) reflects more accurately and integratively how scientists know what they know about the major changes in evolution.

2012, E Torrens, A Barahona, “Why are some evolutionary trees in natural history museums prone to being misinterpreted?”, in Evolution: Education and Outreach:

Remember, a cladogram or evogram is a branching, treelike diagram in which the endpoints of the branches represent specific species of organisms.

2013, Stephen T. Blume, Evo-illusion, page 189:


nectarivory

Lower dipteran adults are predominantly penetrative or surface fluid feeders, frequently expressed as nectarivory, which sometimes is combined with the consumption of pollen or vertebrate blood (Fig. 9.3).

2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 239:

Thus, nectarivory as a specialized diet is rare among parrot species and occurs in only a few isolated branches of the parrot phylogeny.

2015, Catherine A. Tofy, Parrots of the Wild: A Natural History of the World's Most Captivating Birds:

(zoology) The eating of nectar, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal.


subtabulate

(zoology) Partially or indistinctly tabulated.


glucuronofucan

(biochemistry) A polymeric sulfate of glucose and fucose, found in some seaweeds


mannoglucuronofucan

(biochemistry) A polymeric sulfate of mannose, glucose and fucose, found in some seaweed


microepiphytic

(biology, botany) Relating to microepiphytes


raftilose

(biochemistry) A prebiotic fructooligosaccharide derived from inulin


scototaxis

en-noun

scototaxis (countable and uncountable, plural scototaxes)

(biology) A preference for, and subsequent movement towards darkness.


semibrachiation

(biology) brachiation assisted by use of a prehensile tail


viriome

Blend of virus + biome or from virion + -ome.

(biology) The collection of viruses in an organism or location


discocellular

Lower discocellular of hind wing not or very slightly longer, often much shorter than the middle discocellular, always straight, not angled; middle discocellular long, oblique and usually angled near its upper end.

1901, Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius, On the Ethiopian Genera of the Family Striphnopterygidae, page 20:

In this form the cell is said to be closed; however, if one or more of the discocellulars are absent, it is said to be open. The basal sections of the median vein have been lost in adult butterflies, [...]

2016, Michael Braby, The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia, →ISBN, page 5:

(entomology) One of several short transverse veins forming the distal edge of the discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.


discocellular

(entomology, dated) Pertaining to a discal cell in the wing of a lepidopteran insect.


altriciality

(biology) The condition of being altricial


amelic

From a- + Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “limb”) + -ic; formed in English as an adjectival counterpart to amelia.


astrotactin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein associated with the migration and adhesion of neurons


autoactivator

(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in autoactivation


beclin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins associated with autophagy and apoptosis


chemoeffector

(biology) Any structure that is responsible for chemotaxis


deligotype

(genetics) A form of polymorphism in the repeat units of DNA


deligotyping

(genetics) The identification and characterisation of deligotypes


diheteroglycan

(biochemistry) Any heteroglycan composed of two different monosaccharides


euhermaphrodite

(biology) Any animal that starts life as either male or female but becomes a hermaphrodite when mature


heterocyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle


hypersporulation

(biology) Excessive sporulation, typically in response to an antibiotic


multiphenotype

(genetics) Involving multiple phenotypes


folivory

The Koala of Australia with its elongated cecum, and many species of primates, sloths, and the pandas are noteworthy folivores.

2007, George A. Feldhamer et al., Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology, →ISBN:

(zoology) The eating of leaves, especially as a major part of the diet of a particular species of animal, such animals being called folivores.


oligogene

(genetics) One of a few genes that, together, control a specific trait


oxoprolinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of oxoproline


phosphomannan

(biochemistry) A phosphosugar derived from mannan


ribolyse

en-verb

ribolyse (third-person singular simple present ribolyses, present participle ribolysing, simple past and past participle ribolysed)

ribolyses (present singular third-person)
ribolysing (participle present)
ribolysed (participle past)
ribolysed (past)


ribolysis

(biochemistry) The hydrolysis of a riboside


taxasphere

en-noun

taxasphere (countable and uncountable, plural taxaspheres)

(taxonomy) The community of taxonomic experts


transconjugate

en-verb

transconjugate (third-person singular simple present transconjugates, present participle transconjugating, simple past and past participle transconjugated)

transconjugates (present singular third-person)
transconjugating (participle present)
transconjugated (participle past)
transconjugated (past)

(genetics, of a bacterium) To conjugate genetic material with another bacterium


gorytine

(zoology) Belonging to the wasp tribe Gorytini.


saurognathism

(zoology) The peculiar arrangement of the palatal bones in the Saurognathae.


ambivorous

en-adj

ambivorous (comparative more ambivorous, superlative most ambivorous)

more ambivorous (comparative)
most ambivorous (superlative)

Of the insects considered in these studies, acridids, particularly ambivorous species, appear to be distinguished by their relative tolerance to tannic acid.

2012, Georg G. Gross, Richard W. Hemingway, Takashi Yoshida, Plant Polyphenols 2: Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology:

(chiefly biology) That feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.


latirostrate

latirostrate (comparative more latirostrate, superlative most latirostrate)

more latirostrate (comparative)
most latirostrate (superlative)


chaplin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of bacterial proteins that form fibrils instead of a coiled structure.


endonucleolysis

(cytology) endonucleolytic cleavage of nucleic acids


halomucin

en-noun

halomucin (countable and uncountable, plural halomucins)

(biochemistry) An archaeal protein present in a Haloquadratum species


hypertetraploid

(genetics) Having more than the usual tetraploid number of chromosomes; hyperploid with respect to a tetraploid species genome.


iminopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any peptidase that selectively attacks an imine or secondary amine (such as proline)


morphoproteomics

(biochemistry) morphology and proteomics considered as a single discipline


orthogroup

(genetics) The group of genes descended from a single gene in the last common ancestor of a clade of species.


peroxinectin

(biochemistry) A form of peroxidase, present in crayfish blood, that functions in cell adhesion


probiogenomics

(genetics, biology) The genomics of probiotic bacteria


pseudomotif

(genetics) A motif that is part of a pseudogene


sialyldisaccharide

(biochemistry) Any sialyl derivative of a disaccharide


sialylpentasaccharide

(biochemistry) Any sialyl derivative of a pentasaccharide


sialyltrisaccharide

(biochemistry) Any sialyl derivative of a trisaccharide


bacteriophilous

(biology) Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)


carboxydotrophy

(biology) The ability to tolerate a high concentration of carbon monoxide


carboxydotrophic

(biology) Relating to carboxydotrophs or to carboxydotrophy


hemimetabolan

(biology) Any organism that undergoes hemimetabolism


heterochromatize

en-verb

heterochromatize (third-person singular simple present heterochromatizes, present participle heterochromatizing, simple past and past participle heterochromatized)

heterochromatizes (present singular third-person)
heterochromatizing (participle present)
heterochromatized (participle past)
heterochromatized (past)

(genetics) To cause, or to undergo heterochromatization


heterotelomeric

(genetics) Having different telomeres at each end of a chromosome


homeodynamics

(biology) A dynamic form of homeostasis involving the constantly changing interrelatedness of body components while an overall equilibrium is maintained


homoacetogenesis

(biochemistry) acetogenesis employing gaseous hydrogen and carbon dioxide


homotelomeric

(genetics) Having the same type of telomere at each end of a chromosome


hyperadaptation

en-noun

hyperadaptation (usually uncountable, plural hyperadaptations)

(biology) A greater than normal (evolutionary) adaptation


insulinostatic

(biochemistry) That keeps the concentration of insulin in the body static


latexin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins associated with eggshell production


macroglycopeptide

(biochemistry) A relatively large glycopeptide (that is smaller than a glycoprotein)


microgametogenesis

(botany) The gametogenesis of microgametes


microinversion

(genetics) A small-scale genetic inversion


overphosphorylation

overphosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural overphosphorylations)


presenilinase

(biochemistry) A protease that targets presenilin


pseudocleavage

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-pseudocleavage.wav

(biology) The formation of a furrow in the first cell cycle of some embryos


anteciliary

en-adj

anteciliary (comparative more anteciliary, superlative most anteciliary)

more anteciliary (comparative)
most anteciliary (superlative)

(lepidopterology) Situated before the ciliary band, that is, before the band in front of the marginal fringe of the wings.


sialyllactosamine

(biochemistry) Any sialyl derivative of lactosamine


subphenotyping

(genetics) The phenotyping of subphenotypes


transduceome

(biochemistry) The apparatus responsible for transduction


autophagophore

(cytology) The membrane apparatus in a cell responsible for autophagy


chlorotype

(genetics) The haplotype of a chloroplast


Greenlandian

(geology, paleontology) The Greenlandian Age, a subdivision of the Holocene epoch.


Northgrippian

(geology, paleontology) The Northgrippian Age, a subdivision of the Holocene epoch.


digalactoside

(biochemistry) Any disaccharide composed of two galactoside residues


dodecanucleotide

dodecanucleotides (plural)
duodecanucleotide (alternative)

(genetics) A codon containing twelve nucleotides.


formiminotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a formimino group, typically to/from a glutamate group


immunodissection

(immunology, cytology) The dissection (isolation and identification) of cells by means of immunology (typically by using specific monoclonal antibodies)


miscRNA

(biochemistry) miscellaneous RNA (that are not in any other classification)


monophylogeny

(genetics) The condition of being monophyletic


nectomonad

(biology) A free-swimming form of some promastigote flagellates


oligotypic

(taxonomy) Relating to oligotyping or to oligotypes


proinhibitor

(biochemistry) Any substance that initiates inhibition


rosular

rosular (comparative more rosular, superlative most rosular)

more rosular (comparative)
most rosular (superlative)


rosula

(botany) Synonym of rosette (“small round growth”).


retrocompetent

(biology, of a cell wall) retrotranscription competent


retroincompetent

(biology, of a cell wall) Not retrotranscription competent


transgalactosylation

(biochemistry) The enzymatic transglycosylation of a galactosyl group


transglucosylation

en-noun

transglucosylation (countable and uncountable, plural transglucosylations)

(biochemistry) The enzymatic transglycosylation of a glucosyl group


scolopaceous

From Latin scolopax (“a snipe”) + -aceous.


semicoronet

(entomology) A line of spines half surrounding a part.


semicoronate

(entomology) Having the form of a semicoronet.


seminymph

(zoology, obsolete) The pupa of an insect which undergoes only partial metamorphosis.


acromoprotease

(biochemistry) Synonym of achromopeptidase.


anthocyanic

(biochemistry) Relating to, or composed of anthocyanins


bioclaustration

bioclaustration (countable and uncountable, plural bioclaustrations)

(uncountable, biology) A form of symbiosis in which a soft-bodied organism lives entirely within a harder-bodied one


cementoin

(biochemistry) The protein domain associated with trappin

Trappin protein transglutaminase binding domain


chondroclastogenesis

(biology) The generation and development of chondroclasts


clastogenicity

clastogenicity (countable and uncountable, plural clastogenicities)

(genetics) The condition of being clastogenic


cocladogenetic

(genetics) Alternative form of cocladogenic.


rhizophore

(botany) The structure bearing the true roots in certain species of Selaginella.


decatenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a decatenation reaction, especially of DNA


planariform

en-adj

planariform (comparative more planariform, superlative most planariform)

more planariform (comparative)
most planariform (superlative)


stasimorphy

arrested development
arrested development

(biology) Any deviation from the normal form of a bodily organ due to arrested development.


genoeconomics

(genetics, economics) The study of the effects of genetics on a person's finances


genoeconomic

(genetics, economics) Relating to genoeconomics


halocyanin

en-noun

halocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural halocyanins)

(biochemistry) A small blue protein, present in bacteria of the genus Natronobacterium, that contains a cuprous copper atom.


hemidegenerate

(genetics) Using a combination of degenerate oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides specific to the target genetic material.


hervotype

endogenous retrovirus
endogenous retrovirus

(genetics) The DNA sequence of an insertion by a human endogenous retrovirus


hexosylceramide

(biochemistry) Any cerebroside containing a hexose as the monosaccharide


kDNA

(biochemistry) (circular) kinetoplast DNA


lactocepin

lactocepin (countable and uncountable, plural lactocepins)

(biochemistry) A lactococcal cell envelope-associated proteinase


nanopod

(cytology) A surface container for outer membrane vesicles


oligoendopeptidase

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase that splits oligopeptides


oligopeptidic

(biochemistry) Relating to oligopeptides


otoconin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of matrix proteins present in otoconia


culminicorn

(zoology) A horny piece on a bird's beak that envelopes the culmen in some bird species, such as mollymawks.


latericorn

(zoology) One of several horny pieces on the sides of a bird's upper beak below the culminicorn.


ramicorn

(zoology) One of several horny pieces on the sides of a bird's lower beak.


retinoschisin

(biochemistry) A protein, present in the retina, that is associated with retinoschisis


spermatocytic

(cytology) Relating to, or having the form of spermatocytes


transglutaminated

(biochemistry) Modified by a transglutaminase


transglutamination

transglutamination (countable and uncountable, plural transglutaminations)

(biochemistry) The process, or the result of modification by a transglutaminase


transprotein

transmembrane protein
transmembrane protein#English

(biochemistry) Synonym of transmembrane protein.


transmembrane protein

transmembrane protein (plural transmembrane proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein that is permanently attached to a biological membrane and protrudes on each side.


sphenodont

(zoology) Any member of the order Sphenodontida


Earth Overshoot Day

en-proper noun

Earth Overshoot Day (plural Earth Overshoot Days)

(ecology) The calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.


mesoventrite

(entomology) A projecting part of the ventral thorax between the mid pair of legs of beetles.


albuminome

As such, a new area of interest for biomarker discovery is the analysis of the proteins bound to albumin, which one might term “the albuminome”.

2004, Brian A. Stanley, “Heart disease, clinical proteomics and mass spectrometry”, in Disease Markers, volume 20, page 167:

(biochemistry) All the albumins of a particular organism.


alloproliferative

(genetics) Relating to, or causing alloproliferation


antielastase

(biochemistry) That inhibits the action of elastase


antipheromone

(biochemistry) Any compound that inhibits the action of a pheromone


autocitrullinated

(biochemistry) Modified by autocitrullination


autocitrullination

(biochemistry) citrullination of or by a citrullinated enzyme


calprismin

(biochemistry) A protein present in the shell of the fan mussel


cyclosystem

(biology) A gastropore of a hydrocoral together with its surrounding dactylopores


cytomotive

(biology) Relating to, or generating the movement of cells


dactylopore

(biology) A pore in the coenosteum of a hydrozoan, through which the dactylozooids protrude


dactylostyle

(biology) A very small spicule on the wall of a dactylopore


desulfoviridin

(biochemistry) A dissimilatory sulfite reductase present in the bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans


echeme

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἤχημα (ḗkhēma, “a sound”), from ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “I make sound, I chirp”) + -μᾰ (-mă, forming nouns form verbal stems). Introduced by Broughton (1976).

suf

This new term, then, is echeme, defined as: a first-order assemblage of syllables.

[1976, W. B. Broughton, “Proposal for a new term ‘echeme’ to replace ‘chirp’ in animal acoustics”, in Physiological Entomology, volume 1, number 2, →DOI, pages 103–106:

The general pattern of the low-frequency sweep is repeated in each echeme and does not appear to change as the insect matures[…].

1978 July, William Latimer, Aspects of song interaction between the closely related bush cricket genera Platycleis and Metrioptera, DPhil Thesis, City of London Polytechnic (British Library’s microfilm copy), page 44:

[T]he echemes of yersini have a uniform sound, lacking the 'metallic' unevenness characteristic of the echeme-sequences of biguttulus.

1988, D.R. Ragge, W.J. Reynolds, “The songs and taxonomy of the grasshoppers of the Chorthippus biguttulus group in the Iberian Peninsula (Orthoptera: Acrididae)”, in Journal of Natural History, volume 22, number 4, →DOI, pages 897–929:

In sunlight, echemes are shorter, but echeme intervals are longer.

2021, Wilbur L. Hershberger, “Calling and courtship songs of the rare, robust ground cricket, Allonemobius walkeri”, in Journal of Orthoptera Research, volume 30, number 1, →DOI, pages 81–85:

(bioacoustics, entomology) A unit of sound produced by insects that can be broken down into multiple physically more basic sound units (syllables).


enterostatin

(biochemistry) A pentapeptide found in the gut


venenosalivary

(zoology) Producing venom in the saliva.


globotetraose

(biochemistry) A tetraose composed of globotriose combined with acetylgalactosamide


glycosamino

(biochemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from a glycosamine


guanosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyses transfer of a guanosyl group


guanosyl

(biochemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from guanosine


hemiallogeneic

(genetics) genetic different because of being derived from one parent of the same species and one from another


heterodiploid

(genetics, of a chromosome) Having two different strands


heterodiploid

(genetics) A cell or organism having such chromosomes


histoprognostic

Cyto- and histoprognostic classifications were applied to such specimens and correlated with steroid receptor content measured by biochemical assays.

1993, Jacqueline Mouriquand, Diagnosis of Non-palpable Breast Lesions:

(cytology, pathology) Relating to prognosis by examination of cells.


hypertranscription

en-noun

hypertranscription (countable and uncountable, plural hypertranscriptions)


imelysin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of peptides first discovered in a Pseudomonas


infraordinal

(taxonomy) Relating to an infraorder (or any taxon lower than an order)


isosarcometric

(biology) Having equal-lengthed sarcomeres


sarcometric

(biology) Relating to the length of sarcomeres


metaecosystem

(ecology) An ecosystem of metacommunities


micropredator

(biology) A very small predator, with some characteristics of a parasite, feeding on blood and sometimes other parts of the prey animal's body, but usually sparing the life of the host.


mucoperlin

(biochemistry) A form of mucin present in the nacreous shell layer of the fan mussel


nanoaerophilic

(biology, of certain bacteria) That thrives under almost anaerobic conditions


neurometabolite

(biochemistry) Any metabolite found in the brain (as a result of neural activity)


orthotaxon

Some hook types do not correspond with a particular specific orthotaxon and occur in more than one.

2013, M. R. Clarke, Paleontology and Neontology of Cephalopods, page 139:

(taxonomy) A true taxon that is based on biological relationships rather than on form.


paleosynecology

(ecology) A subdivision of paleoecology studying the fossil communities


pericardin

(biochemistry) A protein, similar to collagen, that is involved in the morphogenesis of heart epithelium in some insects


phytomarker

(biochemistry) Any compound that is present in only one species of plant and whose presence serves to identify it


diauxic growth

(biology) growth of an organism that is governed by two auxins and, thus, has two phases of growth


proepithelin

(biochemistry) A growth factor and regulator of proliferation, that is converted to epithelins


reactome

(biochemistry) All the biochemical reactions that take place within a particular organism


reticuloendothelium

(biology) The reticuloendothelial cells of an organism considered as a group


retrosequence

reverse transcription
reverse transcription

(genetics) A sequence of DNA produced by reverse transcription


spongobiotic

(biology) That lives in the vicinity of sponges


staminophore

(botany) A structure, around the apex of eucalypt hypanthia, that supports the stamens


thermocompetent

(biology) competent (permeable to DNA) when heated


tomoregulin

(biochemistry) Any of a small group of transmembrane proteins that inhibit nodal signalling


vasoinhibin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of vasoinhibitory proteins present in the hypothalamus


androgenone

androgenone (countable and uncountable, plural androgenones)

/ænˌdɹɒd͡ʒɪˈnəʊni/

(genetics) The inheritance of only the paternal genome


aquapoline

(biochemistry) A membrane protein that regulates transportation of water


autocompatibility

(botany) compatibility of a flower with its own pollen - allowing self-pollination


azoalbumin

(biochemistry) albumin conjugated with an azo dye; it is used as a general substrate for proteases; degradation of the albumin liberates free dye into the supernatant that can be quantitatively analyzed.


samariform

en-adj

samariform (comparative more samariform, superlative most samariform)

more samariform (comparative)
most samariform (superlative)

(botany) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.


diplodiploid

(genetics) haplodiploid with the males being diploid


ecogenomics

(ecology, genetics) The application of genomics to ecology


epichromosomal

(genetics) Outside of a chromosome (describes genetic material that proliferates in tandem to the chromosomes)


excyst

en-verb

excyst (third-person singular simple present excysts, present participle excysting, simple past and past participle excysted)

excysts (present singular third-person)
excysting (participle present)
excysted (participle past)
excysted (past)

The metacercarias excyst in the duodenum and migrate through the intestinal wall into the body cavity […]

1957, Charles Franklin Craig, Ernest Carroll Faust, Craig and Faust's Clinical Parasitology, page 561:

(biology, intransitive) To undergo excystation.


fibromyoblast

(cytology) A fibroblast in muscle tissue


glycoconjugation

en-noun

glycoconjugation (countable and uncountable, plural glycoconjugations)

(biochemistry) Reaction with, or formation of a glycoconjugate


herbicolin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antibacterial peptides present in some bacteria of the genus Pantoea


peridiole

(mycology) A lens-shaped capsule of spores that grows in cups of some kinds of fungi.


infrasection

(taxonomy) a taxon below the rank of section


lantipeptide

(biochemistry) Any peptide composed of two strands connected by thioether links


leukotrienase

(biochemistry) A membrane protein responsible for the formation of leukotrienes


nectosome

(biology) A structure, in some siphonophores, that hosts nectophores


neelaredoxin

Treponema pallidum
Treponema pallidum#Translingual

(biochemistry) An iron-binding superoxide-reductase present in the syphilis spirochete, Treponema pallidum.


neoexpression

(genetics) expression of a protein not previously present


overinitiated

(especially biochemistry) initiated excessively


pentamannose

pentamannose (countable and uncountable, plural pentamannoses)

(biochemistry) A pentasaccharide composed of five mannose units


phosphomannoprotein

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein containing phosphomannose


rubylation

(biochemistry) Reaction with the protein "RUB" related to ubiquitin


selenomolybdoenzyme

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme containing both selenium and molybdenum


September thorn

September thorn (plural September thorns)

(lepidopterology) The geometrid moth Ennomos erosaria.


suprapopulation

(ecology) All the individuals of a species at all stages in their life cycle (in all hosts) in an ecosystem


thermoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that is not inhibited by elevated temperatures (typically used as laundry aids)


thiocalsin

(biochemistry) A protease that is activated by calcium after having been reacted with thioredoxin


transferomics

horizontal gene transfer
horizontal gene transfer

(genetics) The genomic study of horizontal gene transfer


trivoltine

(biology) Having three broods or generations in a year.


bioorthogonality

en-adj

bioorthogonality (comparative more bioorthogonality, superlative most bioorthogonality)

more bioorthogonality (comparative)
most bioorthogonality (superlative)

(biochemistry, of a biochemical technique) The quality of being bioorthogonal.


altosome

(genetics) An asymmetric structure of nucleosomes produced by modifying a polynucleosomal array.


chlorinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a chlorination reaction


endomannosidase

(biochemistry) An endocellular mannosidase


euchromatinization

(biochemistry) The conversion of chromatin into euchromatin.


exocellobiohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any exocellular cellobiohydrolase


fervidolysin

(biochemistry) A keratinolytic enzyme, related to subtilisin, present in a bacterium of the genus Fervidobacterium


halolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of halophilic proteinases


halostable

(biology) Stable in a saline environment.


holodimer

(biochemistry) An active dimer of a biomolecule that is inactive as a monomer


holoparticle

(biochemistry) A whole particle (typically of a lipoprotein) that is manipulated as a single entity


immunocytolocalization

(cytology, immunology) The localization of a protein or enzyme onto an immunocyte


immunogenotype

(genetics, immunology) The genotype of an organism that directs its immunophenotype


interploidal

(genetics) Between cells or organisms that have different ploidies


ploidal

The differential responses between taxa of different ploidal levels could shift the balance of power in both horizontal (competitive) and vertical (consumer-resource) interactions within ecological networks of interacting taxa.

2018, Dedmer B. Van de Waal, Progress in Ecological Stoichiometry, page 316:


isocaudomer

(genetics) Either of a pair of restriction enzymes that generate the same unpaired nucleotides in the end of a DNA molecule


isodityrosine

(biochemistry) A dimer of tyrosine that is present in plant cell-wall glycoprotein


lactosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a lactoside


lactoside

From lactose + -ide (in its chemical sense).


metabolotype

(genetics) A genetic variant identified by metabolotyping


monoglycosylceramide

(biochemistry) A glycosylceramide in which the sugar is a monosaccharide


myristoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a myristoyl group


neosis

en-noun

neosis (countable and uncountable, plural neoses)

(cytology) A form of cell division, in cancer cells, in which genetic material from the malignant cell separates by budding from its nucleus prior to cytokinesis and the production of daughter cells


pentaglycosylceramide

(biochemistry) A glycosylceramide in which the sugar is a pentasaccharide


photocarotenogenesis

(biochemistry) The biosynthesis of carotenes under the influence of light


photorepair

(biochemistry) photochemical repair (of DNA)


prepore

(biology) A structure that develops into a pore


sulfoxyreductase

(biochemistry) Any reductase that reduces sulfoxide (typically in oxidized methionine)


supercompetent

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(biology, of a cell wall) Very permeable to foreign DNA


synovigenesis

(entomology) The production of eggs throughout a mature insect's life cycle


tectorin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein present in the tectorial membrane


tungstoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that contains tungsten


viroceptor

(biochemistry) A virokine that resembles a cellular receptor


ergatomorphic

(zoology) Having the form of a worker organism.


diatropism

diatropism (countable and uncountable, plural diatropisms)

As a special result of diatropism, a transverse position is assumed which is exactly at right angles to the direction in which the iinfluence which acts as a stimulus is exerted.

1903, Eduard Strasburger, Fritz Noll, Heinrich Schenck, A Text-book of Botany, page 250:

It is either positive, making the animal creep perpendicularly downward, or it causes a horizontal movement, (diatropism) at right angles to the axis of gravity, the result of which for the organism is the so-called maintenance of equilibrium.

1916, Robert Mearns Yerkes, The Journal of Animal Behavior - Volume 6, page 345:

It is possible that in no other part of the world is the existence of a diatropism more beautifully exposed, that force that is manifested in various forms of the most visible consequence of which is to prevent the sea with coverag all the emergent lands. This diatropism has gradually caused the region of Baracoa to rise throughout very long periods of time and each new elevation has brought forth a new coastan fringe in the form of an extraordinary grade to the extent that it has become a stairway for giants that rises from the sea to nearly five hudred meters.

1956 -, Revista municipal interamericana: Inter-American municipal review, page 37:

Comparing representatives of different phylogenetic lines and taxa by morphostructure shows that diatropism effect as a cell, organ, or organism property appeared in the ancient times and still exists.

2014, Mohammad Pessarakli, Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology, →ISBN, page 158:

(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.


allogeneity

(genetics) The condition of being allogeneic


alphahelical

(biochemistry) Having the form of an alpha helix


antisilencing

(genetics) That counters the silencing of gene expression


biomapping

(biology, geography) The mapping of any biological characteristic


caenopore

(biochemistry) Any of a group of pore-forming antimicrobial proteins produced by nematodes of the genus Caenorhabditis.


chemodetection

chemodetection (countable and uncountable, plural chemodetections)

(biology) detection of an organism (typically a host or parasite) by identification of a characteristic chemical compound


chitosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide or oligosaccharide that is a component of chitin


chondromodulin

(biochemistry) A form of glycosylated transmembrane protein that promotes chondrocyte growth and inhibits angiogenesis


dideoxyhexose

(biochemistry) Any dideoxy derivative of a hexose


dideoxymannose

dideoxymannose (countable and uncountable, plural dideoxymannoses)

(biochemistry) A dideoxy derivative of mannose


dopadecarboxylase

(biochemistry) A decarboxylase that decarboxylates dihydroxyphenylalanine


ectophosphorylation

ectophosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural ectophosphorylations)

(biochemistry) extracellular phosphorylation (of proteins etc)


fuchsinophilic

(cytology) That has an affinity for, or readily stains with fuchsin


excinuclease

(genetics, biochemistry) A nuclease that carries out excision as part of DNA repair


flavohemoprotein

(biochemistry) A hemoprotein, containing flavin, that functions as a nitric oxide dioxygenase


glycopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a glycopeptide or glycoprotein


hexaloop

(genetics) A motif that has six loops of nucleic acid


triloop

(genetics) A motif that has three loops of nucleic acid


hexaprimer

(genetics) A genetic primer composed of a mixture of hexanucleotides


hyperhexaploid

(genetics) Having more than six complete sets of chromosomes in each cell


hypopentaploid

(genetics) Having fewer than five complete sets of chromosomes in each cell


macropatch

(biology) A patch clamp that operates on a group of cells


patch clamp

(biology) A device used to measure the ion currents in individual living cells


metalloendoproteinase

(biochemistry) Any endoproteinase that is a metalloenzyme


multivoltinism

(biology) The condition of being multivoltine


myxospermy

(botany) The presence of mucilage in the seeds


myxocarpy

(botany) The presence of mucilage in nuts or fruit


oligoxenous

From oligo- + -xenous.
From Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (olígos): “few” + ξένος (xénos): “alien”.

(biology, of a parasite) Having several hosts during its life cycle


osmotaxis

(biology) movement of an organism in an osmotic pressure gradient


palatobasal

(zoology, of birds) Relating to the base of the palatal area


penaeidin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of antimicrobial peptides, found in shrimps, that bind chitin


pentaguanine

(biochemistry) Five consecutive guanine residues in a protein or peptide


phosphoisoform

(biochemistry) The isoform of a phosphoprotein


small shellies

Following this is the earliest Cambrian, where large shelly invertebrates are rare (and no trilobites occur), but the commonest fossils are tiny forms nicknamed the “small shellies.”

2009, Joseph Seckbach, Divine Action and Natural Selection, page 486:

Although difficult to interpret, small shellies may hold the key to understanding the origins of shelled and biomineralised groups of animals.

2018, Mark Carnall, “Unidentifiable fossils: palaeontological problematica”, in The Guardian:


prostein

(biochemistry) A protein that is expressed in the cytoplasm of benign and malignant prostate cells


retransformant

(biology) a cell into which foreign DNA has been reintroduced


rollerdrum

(biology) A rolling drum used to culture cells


semiclonal

(biology) Using both sexual and asexual reproduction


stenoxenous

(biology, of a parasite) Having a narrow range of potential hosts


stiparin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, present in sea cucumber dermis, that aggregates collagen fibrils


stromatization

The pillar hyphae seemed to contribute to their own stromatization.

1963, Jack D. Rogers, Hypoxylon Canker of Aspen: Screening for Disease Resistance:

(biology) The formation and development of stroma.


subolesin

(biochemistry) A protein, present in ticks of the genus Ixodes, that confers immunity to some pathogens.


transcomplement

(genetics) A gene involved in transcomplementation


transcomplement

en-verb

transcomplement (third-person singular simple present transcomplements, present participle transcomplementing, simple past and past participle transcomplemented)

transcomplements (present singular third-person)
transcomplementing (participle present)
transcomplemented (participle past)
transcomplemented (past)

(genetics) To undergo transcomplementation


uridylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a uridylate


virilizer

(biochemistry) A protein active in virilization.


frogamander

This amphibian Abraham, aka the frogamander, lived during the early Permian but was only discovered in 2007, a fossil in Don's Dump Fish Quarry in Baylor County, Texas.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 14:

The “frogamander” is still full of mystery as scientists work to figure out how and where it fits in the amphibian family tree.

2016, Melissa Shofner, Mariel Bard, Amphibian Fossils, page 21:

(paleontology) The extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.


amoebapore

(biochemistry) Any of a group of small amphipathic membranolytic proteins present in Entamoeba


bioassembly

en-noun

bioassembly (countable and uncountable, plural bioassemblies)

(biology) The assembly of biological tissue


catestatin

(biochemistry) An endogenous protein, derived from chromogranin, that regulates cardiac function


cellooligomer

(biochemistry) Any oligomer formed by hydrolysis of cellulose


cyanobacteriochrome

(biochemistry) Any of a family of photoreceptor proteins, related to phytochrome, found in the cyanobacteria


cytogenotoxic

(cytology, genetics, toxicology) Having a genotoxic effect on a cell


ecdysiotropic

Ovarian ecdysiotropic hormones, a testes ecdysiotropin, and ecdysiostatins produced by neurosecretory cells of the brain modulate ecdysteroid production by these organs.

2010, Marc J Klowden, Physiological Systems in Insects, page 29:


anthozoon

From antho- + -zoon, after class name Anthozoa.

Unlike stony corals and other anthozoa, whose polyps have sixfold symmetry, the polyps of a gorgonian have eightfold symmetry.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 134:

(zoology) A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.


-zoon

From Latin -zoon, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

(zoology) Forming nouns indicating individual members of taxonomic groups whose names end in -zoa.

(zoology) Forming nouns indicating organisms have a particular specified way of life.


electrokaryotype

(genetics) A karyotype separated or identified by electrophoresis


equistatin

(biochemistry) An inhibitor of cysteine proteinases present in the sea anemone Actinia equina


heterooligosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide composed of two or more different monosaccharides


monoembryony

(botany) The production of a single embryo (and thus seedling) from a seed


monotrochal

(biology, of an annelid larva) Having only a prototroch


morphiceptin

(biochemistry) A tetrapeptide that has analgesic activity


multitelomeric

(genetics) Relating to or produced by multiple telomeres


postchaperonin

(biochemistry) Following modification by a chaperonin


pshRNA

pshRNA (countable and uncountable, plural pshRNAs)


concealed ovulation

Unlike chimpanzees, whose females have bright red swollen buttocks when ovulating, females in humans evolved to have concealed ovulation, and do not have any perceptible signs that indicate their fertility.

(biology) A form of ovulation, in certain species, where the female shows no perceptible signals indicating that she is fertile.


mating strategy

mating strategy (plural mating strategies)

A common mating strategy amongst females is to secure good genes for her offspring, ideally from a male that is also a reliable long-term provider. Since males like that are rare, many females have to make trade-offs.

(biology) A technique that animals use to maximize the likelihood that they produce offspring.


radiophenotype

(genetics) A phenotype caused by radiation


reticulogram

(genetics) A graphical representation of a reticulate evolutionary structure


globoseries

From globo- + series; the term "globo" comes from "globular precipitate" in which form this was isolated.

(biochemistry) A set of glycosphingolipids containing a galabiose-like linkage, important in human antigens.


stellacyanin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of metalloproteins containing copper


underreplication

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hyponome

From Ancient Greek ὑπονομή (huponomḗ, “underground passage”).

der

Ordinarily, it swims forward, but the hyponome can give an emergency spritz, sending the hydrodynamic cone floating backwards at speed with a powerful jet through long thin streamers of brown seaweed and clouds of scattering shrimp.

2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 243:

(zoology) A tubular organ of a cephalopod, used to expel water.


antimotif

(genetics) A pattern, in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, that appears less often than chance would predict and is conjectured to have biological significance.


end-Cretaceous

Towards the end of the Cretaceous diversity declined sharply and only a few widespread genera are found in the uppermost beds, these finally disappearing in the end-Cretaceous extinctions.

1988, Rona M Black, The Elements of Palaeontology, page 93:

Although the end-Cretaceous bolide impact is contemporaneous with the abrupt end of the reign of dinosaurs, early mammals survived the catastrophic event […].

2007, Clarence A Hall Jr., Introduction to the Geology of Southern California and Its Native Plants, page 100:

The end Cretaceous catastrophe that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago did for these animals too and the oceans were quieter for a while, but within fifteen million years or so the ancestors of dolphins and whales were exploiting the rich seas of the Eocene.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 187:

(geology, paleontology) Pertaining to the end of the Cretaceous period, marked by a major extinction event.


apextrin

(biochemistry) An extracellular protein associated with larval ectoderm evolution in some sea urchins


bacillolysin

(biochemistry) A form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.


chitopentaose

(biochemistry) A pentasaccharide derived from chitin


chlamyopsin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of bacterial retinal proteins, related to rhodopsin, present in Chlamydomonas


cryptosexuality

(biology) Hidden sexual reproduction in a normally asexual organism.


hyperinduction

en-noun

hyperinduction (countable and uncountable, plural hyperinductions)


perissodactylate

From translingual Perissodactyla + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)

af

(zoology) Of or relating to the Perissodactyla.


macroamphiphile

(biochemistry) Any relatively large amphiphile, but especially any such lipopolysaccharide or similar compound found in bacterial cell walls


morphogroup

(biology) Any of a group of organisms that have similar morphology (but may not be taxonomically related)


necrophoresis

en-noun

necrophoresis (countable and uncountable, plural necrophoreses)

(biology) The practice, of some ants, of removing dead bodies from the colony


neuroprotease

(biochemistry) Any protease that is active in the nervous system


neurosignalling

(biochemistry, physiology) neural signalling


pantostomatous

(biology) Able to ingest food at any point on the surface of the body.


oligotype

(genetics, taxonomy) A distinct taxon whose separate identity is derived from a string of genetic bases rather than from morphological differences


oligotyping

(genetics, taxonomy) The definition and identification of oligotypes


pentahistidine

(biochemistry) Five consecutive histidine amino-acids in a peptide or protein; the equivalent repeats in a nucleic acid or gene


phenophase

A trend toward earlier appearance dates in spring is shown at relatively many phenophases in the Ticino and in the Engadine.

2013, Conradin A. Burga, Biomonitoring: General and Applied Aspects on Regional and Global Scales:


pheomelanogenesis

(biology) The formation of pheomelanin by living cells


photoacceptor

(biochemistry) A pigment that accepts a photon as the first stage in a photochemical reaction sequence


photoantenna

photoantenna (plural photoantennas or photoantennae)

photoantennas (plural)
photoantennae (plural)

(biochemistry) The structure, in a flavoprotein etc, that interacts with light


protosphere

(cytology) A structure that develops into a cell


ribovanadyl

(biochemistry) Relating to a ribonucleoside-vanadyl complex (that inhibits ribonucleases)


scolexin

(biochemistry) A plasma protein that induced immunological coagulation in response to some infections


selenometabolite

(biochemistry) Any metabolite that contains selenium


sncRNA

Abbreviation of small non-coding ribonucleic acid.


peg-

From PEG, the initialism of polyethylene glycol.

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Used to form names of PEGylated molecules.


synexpression

(genetics) The coordinated expression of separate genes that have the same function


teratocyte

(entomology) A unicellular form of an embryonic braconid


vibriolysin

af

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Vibrio</i>

(biochemistry) A thermostable form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Vibrio.


wgaDNA

en-noun

wgaDNA (countable and uncountable, plural wgaDNAs)

(biochemistry) whole genome amplified DNA


acidosome

(biology) A vesicle, in some protozoans, that is involved in the acidification of phagocytes.


bioturbate

en-verb

bioturbate (third-person singular simple present bioturbates, present participle bioturbating, simple past and past participle bioturbated)

bioturbates (present singular third-person)
bioturbating (participle present)
bioturbated (participle past)
bioturbated (past)

Basin and regional scale capture of labile substrates into bioturbated deposits can be generally demonstrated, for example, along the highly productive Cape Hatteras continental margin.

2019 June 25, Robert C. Aller, J. Kirk Cochran, “The Critical Role of Bioturbation for Particle Dynamics, Priming Potential, and Organic C Remineralization in Marine Sediments: Local and Basin Scales”, in Frontiers in Earth Science, →DOI:

(biology) To rework and mix soils or other sediments.


clastosome

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós) + -some. See also clastogen.

(cytology) A part of the nucleus of a cell that contains proteasomes


cytoduction

en-noun

cytoduction (countable and uncountable, plural cytoductions)

(genetics) The transfer of cytoplasmic material during reproduction of yeast cells


acetatelyase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that cuts off acetate from another molecule.


deneddylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses deneddylation


ecogeomorphic

(ecology, geography) Relating to ecogeomorphology


ecogeomorphology

(ecology, geography) The study of the relationships between ecology and geomorphology


eulamellibranch

(biology) Any eulamellibranchiate mollusc


eulamellibranchiate

(biology) Relating to bivalve molluscs of the order Eulamellibranchia


filibranch

(biology, of gills) long, with tubular filaments


galactophilic

(biochemistry) That has an affinity with, or binds galactosides


galactosylcerebroside

(biochemistry) Any cerebroside in which the sugar is galactose


homorepeat

(genetics, biochemistry) A repeat in which all the nucleic acids (or amino acids) are the same


immunobiochemical

(immunology, biochemistry) Relating to immunobiochemistry.


cyanoamino

(biochemistry, in combination) a metabolic pathway involving amine and cyanide.


lysocardiolipin

(biochemistry) A cardiolipin that lacks an acyl group


mismethylation

(biochemistry, genetics) Incorrect methylation (of a gene)


morphopoiesis

(biology) The formation of a biological structure from smaller subunits


nonasaccharide

(biochemistry) An oligosaccharide consisting of nine monosaccharide units joined together


phycosphere

(cytology) The region of mucus that surrounds a phytoplankton cell


polarotaxis

(biology) orientation of an organism in line with the plane of polarization of polarized light


polycytidine

(genetics) A repeat of many cytidine groups in a stretch of RNA


polyepigenetic

(genetics) That produces many genetic mutations


polythymine

(genetics) A repeat of many thymine bases in a stretch of DNA


pseudohaplotype

(genetics) A group of alleles located on the same paternal or maternal chromosome


viscidone

(biochemistry) A phytochemical from the plant Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, systematically named 1-[(2R)-5-hydroxy-2-(3-hydroxyprop-1-en-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1-benzofuran-6-yl]ethanone


acrogranin

(biochemistry) An acrosomal glycoprotein, rich in cysteine, that is a precursor of granulins


agamospecies

(biology) A group of organisms that reproduce asexually but have the characteristics of a species


archaeosortase

(biochemistry) An enzyme, in some archaea, that modifies protein sorting


protein sorting

(biochemistry) The process that moves proteins to appropriate locations in a cell


sociation

sociation (countable and uncountable, plural sociations)

While the lowest units of phytocoenoses, the sociations, are founded upon a relative homogeneity in all layers, most consociations are homogeneous only in one layer, and the higher units in no layer at all, being founded mainly upon the sociological affinity of the dominants of the layer arbitrarily chosen as the base for the classification (most of the highest of the layers represented).

1930, Fifth International Botanical Congress, page 73:

In the classification, sociations are first distinguished by the dominant or constant species, or by a combination of them.

1980, Selected Water Resources Abstracts:

But as I chose to classify sociations, or rather associations in topographical terms, it was obviously necessary to separate the C. Bigelowii myri from the dry-ground sociations in which it is a dominant species.

1975, Steindór Steindórsson frá Hlöðum, Studies on the mire-vegetation of Iceland, page 99:

Therefore a comparative analysis and a classification of bog plant communities must be undertaken on the basis of sociations.

2013, Peter D. Moore, European Mires, →ISBN, page 124:

(ecology) The stable interactions and influences among the species within a coenose.


dendroaspin

(biochemistry) A toxic protein in the venom of the mamba Dendroaspis


diubiquitin

(biochemistry) A dimer of ubiquitin; the motif responsible for its biosynthesis


orthocerid

(zoology) a cephalopod of the extinct order Orthocerida.


eurybiomic

(ecology) Inhabiting several different biomes


stenobiomic

(ecology) Inhabiting very few different biomes


evasin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of chemokine-binding proteins present in ticks


genelet

(genetics) A very small gene, especially one whose function can be switched


glycocode

(biochemistry) The information encoded in the structure of a carbohydrate


glycotype

(biochemistry) The type of a carbohydrate or glycoprotein, especially as it concerns its biological function


kratagonist

(biochemistry) Any of a group of agonist proteins in anopheline saliva that inhibit host immunological response


methylpred

(biochemistry, pharmacology, colloquial) Methylprednisolone.


multiduplication

(genetics) multiple duplication of a gene


retrodifferentiation

(biology) retrograde differentiation (of cells)


rhombosortase

(biochemistry) Any rhomboid sortase (present in many bacteria)


stenoecious

(ecology, of an organism) That can live in only a restrictive range of habitats


thyropin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of thyroglobulins that are proteinase inhibitors


actopaxin

(biochemistry) A focal adhesion protein that binds paxillin


focal adhesion

(biochemistry) An assembly of protein that mediate signalling


phyllon

phyllon (countable and uncountable, plural phylla)

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”). Doublet of phyllo, distantly also with foil, folio, and folium.

In this following the analogy of phyton already appropriated for the integer of the axis plus the phyllon or phylla it bears.

1868, The American Journal of Science, page 272:

Phylloceras ptychoicum is one of the most interesting species of all those found in the Kutch Jura, [...] The lobes are most characteristic, and on them the external and first lateral saddle are the most important parts. The external saddle is beautifully symmetrical, finishing in four phylla, of which the two corresponding ones are equal; the first lateral saddle is also divided into four terminating phylla, which are, however, not quite symmetrical.

Corona double; phylla of the outer row almost free, 1.8 to 2 mm. long, lanceolate, [...]

1912, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, page 99:

(countable, especially botany, uncommon) A leaf, or something (flat) resembling a leaf.


cellfectin

(genetics) A cationic lipid reagent used in transfection


chitotetraose

(biochemistry) A tetraose composed of four N-acetylglucosamine residues


cytokinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that activates cytokine


eupolyploidy

(genetics) The condition of being eupolyploid


eupolyploidization

(genetics) Conversion to eupolyploid form


pseudophosphatase

(biochemistry) A pseudoenzyme that is a catalytically-inactive phosphatase


galactoglucomannan

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide composed of a glucose and mannose backbone with galactose units attached to the mannose units


heterotrichous

(biology, of an alga) Having a thallus that is partly prostrate and partly upright


hexapolyploidy

(genetics) The condition of being hexapolyploid


hexaradiate

(zoology) Having six projections that radiate from a central point


lipomic

(genetics, biochemistry) Relating to lipomics


lipomics

(genetics, biochemistry) The genomics of lipid metabolism


macroecologist

(ecology) An ecologist whose speciality is macroecology


microglobin

(biochemistry) Any microprotein that is a globin


microisland

microislands (plural)
micro-island (alternative)

(biochemistry) A single cell used as a platform for biochemical research


monosomatic

(genetics) Having a typical ploidy (for the species)


paleohexaploid

(genetics) Describing ancient hexaploid organisms that originated as a result of paleopolyploidy


paratriploid

(genetics) Less than polyploid and greater than triploid


phosphodomain

(biochemistry) A domain of a phosphoprotein


poikilochlorophyllous

(biology) Having leaves, only some of which are photosynthetic.


rhamnopolysaccharide

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide based on rhamnose


sulfoconjugated

(biochemistry) conjugated via sulfate groups


tetrastatin

(biochemistry) A C-terminal domain of a collagen that inhibits melanoma growth


topoinhibition

(biochemistry) Inhibition of a cellular process through contact with the cell membrane


biogeocycle

(biochemistry, geology) A biogeochemical cycle


planulate

From neo-Latin planulatus from Latin plānus + -ulus + -ātus.


coesterase

coesterases (plural)
COesterase (alternative)

(biochemistry) A form of carboxylesterase


envirotype

(genetics) A set of exogenous factors that affect the phenotype


euchromatization

euchromatization (countable and uncountable, plural euchromatizations)

(biochemistry) The conversion of chromatin into euchromatin


gonomery

From gonomere, itself from gono- + -mere.

(genetics) A form of division of a nucleus in which maternal and paternal chromosomes remain on each side of a central spindle during metaphase and anaphase


holocentrism

(genetics) The state of being holocentric.


homocodon

(genetics) A length of repeated codons in a nucleic acid


ithomiine

(zoology) a butterfly in the nymphalid tribe Ithomiini.


hnRNP

(biochemistry) Abbreviation for heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein particle.


postosmicate

en-verb

postosmicate (third-person singular simple present postosmicates, present participle postosmicating, simple past and past participle postosmicated)

postosmicates (present singular third-person)
postosmicating (participle present)
postosmicated (participle past)
postosmicated (past)

(cytology) To postfix a biological sample using osmium tetroxide


postosmication

(cytology) postfixation of a biological sample using osmium tetroxide


proteophosphoglycan

(biochemistry) A complex of a protein and a phosphoglycan


remorin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein found in solanaceous plants


uricolysis

(biochemistry) The metabolism or breakdown of uric acid


xylopolysaccharide

(biochemistry) Any polysaccharide based on xylose monomers.


loxP

(biology) A DNA site on the phage P1 genome, with sequence "ATAACTTCGTATANNNTANNNTATACGAAGTTAT" used in genetic engineering.


avemetatarsalian

(zoology) A member of the Avemetatarsalia clade of archosaurs which resemble birds more than crocodiles.


amyloidotropic

(biology, cytology) Having an affinity for amyloid tissue


androglobin

(biochemistry) A chimeric globin associated with the testes


antiidiotypic

(genetics, of an antibody) That binds to an idiotype of another antibody


catabolomics

(biochemistry) The study of the range of catabolites present in a person's body


clostridiopeptidase

(biochemistry) collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum


defensome

(genetics) The collection of genes that code for proteins that are chemical stressors


deuterolysin

en-noun

deuterolysin (countable and uncountable, plural deuterolysins)

(biochemistry) A metalloproteinase present in aspergillus


exoresistant

(biochemistry) resistant to exonucleases


granuloplasm

granuloplasm (countable and uncountable, plural granuloplasms)

(cytology) The granular material within the ectoplasm and surrounding the nucleus of a unicellular organism


hyperiidean

(zoology) Any amphipod of the suborder Hyperiidea.


immunomodulin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of modulins that modify the secretion of proteins such as cytokines


lomasome

(cytology) A paramural body associated with the membranes of plant and fungal cells


oligoarabinosaccharide

(biochemistry) An oligosaccharide composed of arabinose monomers


prionoid

(biochemistry) Any misfolded protein similar to a prion


protoglobin

(biochemistry) A simple globin, found in some archaea, that can bind oxygen and carbon monoxide


radioadaptation

(biology) adaptation to ionizing radiation


read length

(genetics) A length of nucleic acid that has been sequenced.


seroenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme present in blood serum


suballele

(genetics) A subset of an allele, especially one that appears in all forms of the allele


supraoligomer

(biochemistry) A protein strand composed of multiples of an amino acid oligomer


anormogenesis

anormogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural anormogeneses)

(biology, pathology) abnormal formation and development (of cells or tissue)


antigeotactic

(biology) That moves upwards (away from the Earth's gravitational attraction)


aplysianin

(biochemistry) Any of a small group of antibacterial and antineoplastic glycoproteins present in sea slugs of the genus Aplysia.


apohemoglobin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of hemoglobin


apomucin

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of a mucin


budbreak

budbreak (countable and uncountable, plural budbreaks)

This group of pecan arthropods can cause damage to foliage from shortly after budbreak until about the time of pollination.

1983, Thomas E. Mittler, Annual Review of Entomology, page 305:

(botany) The emergence of a bud, especially on a vine


capsulogenesis

(botany, anatomy) The generation and development of a capsule


capsulogenic

(botany, anatomy) Relating to capsulogenesis


-asone

betamethasone, dexamethasone, diflorasone, fluticasone, mometasone

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Used to form names of generic corticosteroid drugs.


cardiokine

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cardiokinetic protein hormones secreted by the heart


chimeragenesis

(biology, genetics) The genesis and development of chimeras


conopressin

(biochemistry) A form of vasopressin, present in snails of the genus Lymnaea, that functions as oxytocin


ectoplasmically

(parapsychology or cytology) In an ectoplasmic manner.


fructanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructan


fuculokinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that catalyses the phosphorylation of fuculose


galactogalacturonan

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide consisting of galactose and galacturonic acid residues


hexarepeat

(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of six repeats (in a nucleic acid or protein (especially a prion))


hydrophilin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins, present in some yeasts, that prevents cell death during desiccation


idiobiosis

(biology) The condition of being idiobiont


lignocellulase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses lignocellulose


maltodextrose

(biochemistry) Synonym of glucose, especially when created by the hydrolysis of maltose


histotypic

(biology) Describing a three-dimensional culture of a single cell type


scytodoid

(zoology) Of or resembling spiders in the genus Scytodes or in the family Scytodidae.


scytodoid

(zoology) Any spider in the superfamily Scytodoidea


metallophore

(biochemistry) Any substance that carries (temporarily chelates) iron or another metal ion


mononucleation

mononucleation (usually uncountable, plural mononucleations)

(biology) The formation of a single cell nucleus


neuroepigenetics

(genetics, physiology) The study of epigenetic aspects of the nervous system


pentarepeat

(genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of five repeats (in a nucleic acid or protein (especially a prion))


photoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a photochemical reaction


procollagenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that activates collagen, allowing it to be broken down by collagenases


profurca

(entomology) A bundle of muscles in the thorax of some insects


protachykinin

(biochemistry) A peptide isolated from pheochromocytoma tissue.


selenogene

(genetics, biochemistry) Any gene that expresses a selenoprotein


semipermissive

(biology) That allows the partial replication of viruses


submammalian

(zoology) Describing any animal that is considered to be less advanced than a mammal


tailspike

(biochemistry) A viral adhesion protein used by a phage to attach itself to a bacterial host


transreplication

(genetics) replication of DNA between noncognate viruses


isodictyal

(zoology) Of or relating to the Isodictya, a genus of marine demosponges.


anabaenopeptin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of biologically-active peptides present in cyanobacteria, principally of the genus Anabaena.


arthrofactin

(biochemistry) A cyclic lipopeptide, that functions as a surfactant, produced by Arthrobacter bacteria


caytaxin

(biochemistry) A protein, mutations of which cause a variety of cerebellar diseases such as Cayman ataxia


chiropterochory

(biology) Dispersal (chiefly of seeds) by bats.


chiropterochorous

(biology, botany) Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by bats, i.e. by chiropterochory.


crocalbin

(biochemistry) A reticulocalbin protein that binds crotoxin


cytofluorescence

(cytology) The fluorescence of cells (under microscopic examination)


elastinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that hydrolyses elastin


ferriperoxin

(biochemistry) A peroxidase essential for the aerobiosis of some extremophile bacteria


fibroleukin

(biochemistry) A protein similar to fibrinogen


genometabolic

The new era of research must include both epidemiological and genometabolic studies.

1991, F M Yatsu, “Strokes in Asians and Pacific-Islanders, Hispanics, and Native Americans”, in Circulation, page 1471:

(genetics, biochemistry) Genomic and metabolic.


granulophysin

(biochemistry) A membrane protein sometimes present in blood platelets


haptocorrin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein similar to (or maybe identical to) transcobalamin


importomer

(biochemistry) A complex of membrane proteins that imports proteins into the peroxisome matrix


laterotopy

(biology) The asymmetric projection of different parts of the body onto different sides of the brain


maltotriase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of maltotriose


microglycoprotein

(biochemistry) A very small glycoprotein


mucostasis

(biology) The state of the mucosal tissue of the jaws when in a resting position


negatome

(biochemistry) The set of all pairs of noninteracting proteins in an organism


neocentric

(genetics) In which secondary sites in some chromosomes act as sites of attachment of spindle fibres


neoculin

(biochemistry) A heterodimeric protein, in the fruit of Curculigo latifolia, that modifies sour tastes to sweet


octreotate

(biochemistry) A cyclopeptide related to somatostatin


opistoporin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of peptides that form pores in cell membranes


paxilla

(zoology) An ossicle in the endoderm of the aboral surface of some starfish


phenogenotype

(genetics) A phenotype that is also a genotype


polyactinal

(zoology) Having many rays; relating to a polyactine


preplatelet

(cytology) A discoid cell that is a precursor of a platelet


prereceptive

pre-receptive (alternative)
pre receptive (alternative)

Endometrial Receptivity Analysis
Endometrial Receptivity Analysis

(biology) in Endometrial Receptivity Analysis: before being fertile.


fuchsinophil

fuchsinophil (countable and uncountable, plural fuchsinophils)

With lichtgriin-fuchsin many ganglion cells showed numerous granules or droplets of fairly large size which stained various colors and may correspond to the so-called fuchsinophil (Fig. 4).

1922, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry - Volume 8, page 160:

Although in 15 of these, the results proved negative both microscopically and by inoculation, on 13 occasions the results were positive, revealing the presence of rare fuchsinophils, elongated and exceedingly fine.

1934, The Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology, page 531:

Among the acidophils, fuchsinophils are less in number while basophils (1 ) predominate.

1981, Zoological Society (Calcutta, India), Proceedings of the Zoological Society - Volume 33, page 77:

(cytology) Cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.


quasisocial

(biology) Having some social features without being truly social.


radioconjugate

(biochemistry, immunology) A biochemical or immunological conjugate that has a radioisotope marker


semisocial

(zoology) Partially social, typically when juvenile but not when adult


transinhibit

en-verb

transinhibit (third-person singular simple present transinhibits, present participle transinhibiting, simple past and past participle transinhibited)

transinhibits (present singular third-person)
transinhibiting (participle present)
transinhibited (participle past)
transinhibited (past)

(biochemistry) To cause, or to undergo transinhibition


transinhibition

en-noun

transinhibition (countable and uncountable, plural transinhibitions)

(biochemistry) The catalytic inactivation of a homodimer, each of which subunits is catalytically active


rosehip neuron

Finally, to more concretely link morphologically and transcriptionally defined RCs, we performed digital PCR for additional marker genes on cellular content extracted from individual rosehip neurons.

2018, Boldog, Eszter, Trygve E. Bakken, Rebecca D. Hodge, Mark Novotny, Brian D. Aevermann, Judith Baka, Sándor Bordé et al., “Transcriptomic and morphophysiological evidence for a specialized human cortical GABAergic cell type.”, in Nature Neuroscience, volume 21, number 9:

For instance, Boldog et al. identified a new specialized human cortical GABAergic cell type called a rosehip neuron. These rosehip neurons seem to be functionally related to regulation of distal dendritic computation in pyramidal neurons

2019, Kameneva, Polina, and Igor Adameyko, “Recent advances in our understanding of central and peripheral nervous system progenitors”, in Current Opinion in Cell Biology, volume 61:

We demonstrate its presence in single nucleus RNA-seq of ∼16000 human cortical neurons (including rosehip neurons).

2020 February 22, Bhattacharya, Aniket et al., “Origin of a novel CYP20A1 transcript isoform through multiple Alu exaptations creates a potential miRNA sponge”, in BioRxiv:

(neurology, biology) A type of information-controlling brain cell, which is found in humans.


malacoid

en-adj

malacoid (comparative more malacoid, superlative most malacoid)

more malacoid (comparative)
most malacoid (superlative)


adipohormone

(biochemistry) Any hormone (such as adiponectin) synthesised in adipose tissue


amyloidicity

(biochemistry) The condition of being amyloid


asteron

(cytology) An astrocyte / neuron hybrid cell


bicongenic

(genetics) congenic in two different ways


borrelian

From borrelia (a type of bacteria) + -an.

(bacteriology) Relating to, or caused by borrelia


caloxin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of membrane proteins that transport calcium ions


carboxymethylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses carboxymethylation


cephamycinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of cephamycins


dechelatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses dechelation


diergism

From Ancient Greek δίς (dís, “twice”) + Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ism.

Similarly‚ there is sexual diergism of GH secretion between men and women indicating phylogenetic conservation of neuroendocrine hormone rhythms.

2004, Malcolm J. Low, Marcelo Rubinstein, Veronica Otero-Corchon, “Altered patterns of growth hormone secretion in somatostatin knockout mice”, in Somatostatin, →ISBN:

Feeding diergism is not unprecedented in snakes (Zinner 1984, Tsairi & BOuskILa 2004) and, especially in view of the FMR in size, could conceivably occur and cause broader black rings in female Micrelaps muelleri.

2006, Zoology in the Middle East - Volumes 37-39, page 44:

In conclusion, the MeAV shows functional diergism, due to plastic changes in the female rat brain probably linked to the increase of estradiol during estrous.

2007, Beatriz Carrilloa, Helena Pinosa, Antonio Guillamóna, GianCarlo Panzicab, Paloma Colladoa, “Morphometrical and neurochemical changes in the anteroventral subdivision of the rat medial amygdala during estrous cycle”, in Brain research, volume 1150:

(biology) The existence, in a single species, of two distinct ways of a structure or organ functioning.


fructofuranosidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructofuranoside


glyceroporin

(biochemistry) A form of aquaporin that is active in the transport of glycerol


granin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of secretory proteins


macroplanktivore

(biology) Any organism that feeds on macroplankton


matricryptic

extracellular matrix
extracellular matrix

(biology) Describing cryptic sites within the extracellular matrix


microchimera

microchimeras (plural)
microchimaera (alternative)
microchimæra (alternative)


mismetallation

(biochemistry) Incorrect metallation (of enzymes)


octavolateral

(zoology) octaval and lateral: Used exclusively to describe a structure in the brains of fishes, namely the medial octavolateral nucleus or the dorsal octavolateral nucleus, both analogus to the mammalian cerebellum.


stenogamous

(entomology, of the mating of insects) Requiring no nuptial flight


synanamorph

(mycology) Any of a group of morphologically-distinct anamorphs.


thiosugar

(biochemistry) A compound formed from a sugar by replacing one or more oxygen atoms with sulfur


transdifferential

(mathematics, biology) Relating to transdifferentiation


trikaryotic

(cytology, of a cell) Having three nuclei


vasomodulator

(biochemistry) Any compound involved in vasomodulation


aneuploidogen

(genetics) A substance that causes aneuploidy


anhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses an acid anhydride


arabinobiose

(biochemistry) The disaccharide 5-O-alpha-L-arabinofuranosyl-L-arabinose formed from two arabinose monomers


aspidorhynchiform

Clipping of translingual Aspidorhynchiformes

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Aspidorhynchiformes</i>

(ichthyology) Any extinct fish of the order Aspidorhynchiformes


autofluorophore

(biology) Any organism that exhibits autofluorescence


bathophilous

This family, as noted above, contains a majority of bathophilous species, although rare littoral forms belonging to it have been described.

2013, A. Vandel, Biospeleology: The Biology of Cavernicolous Animals, page 232:


cryofixative

(biology) A fixative used in cryofixation


cyclolipopeptide

(biochemistry) A complex of lipid and cyclopeptide


deglucosylation

en-noun

deglucosylation (countable and uncountable, plural deglucosylations)

(biochemistry) deglycosylation in which the sugar is glucose


deoxyribonucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the dephosphorylation of a deoxyribonucleotide


ribonucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the dephosphorylation of a ribonucleotide


deoxyribopyrimidine

(biochemistry) Any deoxyribonucleotide in which the nucleobase is a pyrimidine


dermopterotic

(ichthyology) A dermal bone that overlays the pterotic


dermosphenotic

(ichthyology) A superficial dermal bone behind the eye comprising the sixth infraorbital or suborbital


desilencing

desilencing (countable and uncountable, plural desilencings)

(genetics) The reverse of the silencing of gene expression


disruptase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that disrupts a biochemical process, typically an interaction between RNA and protein


paragaster

(zoology) The cavity of the sac of a sponge.


philometrid

(zoology) Any member of the family Philometridae of nematodes.


enterobiome

(biology) The microbiome of the intestines


glycophenotype

(genetics) A phenotype characterised by the presence of specific glycolipids or glycoproteins


hyperviviparity

(biology) A form of viviparity in which young have viviparous young inside them when born


macrocommunity

(ecology) A relatively large-scale community


subobsolete

(zoology) Nearly or almost obsolete (“imperfectly developed, not very distinct”).


metallothioprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that contains a metal (typically zinc) bound to a cysteine residue


metaproteogenomics

(genetics) A field of study that encompasses metaproteomics and genomics.


metaproteogenomic

(genetics) Relating to metaproteogenomics


monocarboxypeptidase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxypeptidase.


neocentromerization

(genetics) The formation of neocentromeres


oligolignan

(biochemistry) Any oligomer composed of lignan monomers


operonization

(genetics) The formation of operons in a genome


osteoactivin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein that regulates osteoblast differentiation and function


photoregulator

(biochemistry) A photochemical regulator


photostimulon

(biochemistry, genetics) photochemical stimulon


pseudotrefoil

(genetics) A pseudoknot in the form of a trefoil


raffinase

raffinase (countable and uncountable, plural raffinases)

(biochemistry) A form of galactosidase that hydrolyses raffinose.


rostralization

(zoology) The formation and development of a rostrum (beak)


serpentinophyte

(botany) Any plant that grows on serpentine rocks


spermatodactyl

(zoology) A modified chelicera used to transfer sperm from the male to the female


stromalin

(genetics) A subunit of the cohesin ring complex which encircles sister chromatids after DNA replication


symbiostasis

(biology) homeostasis in a symbiotic relationship


thanatochemical

(biochemistry) Relating to thanatochemistry


ceph

(biology, informal) Clipping of cephalopod.


-chorous

(biology, botany) Spread, or (especially) having seeds which are dispersed, by (some specified animal, etc)


hydrochorous

(biology, botany) Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by water.


saprophilous

en-adj

saprophilous (comparative more saprophilous, superlative most saprophilous)

more saprophilous (comparative)
most saprophilous (superlative)

(biology) Thriving on dead or decaying matter.


troglobiont

(biology) Any exclusively cave-dwelling organism.


polychorous

(biology) Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in multiple ways (e.g. by multiple kinds of animal).


diplochorous

(biology) Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, in two ways (e.g. being both autochorous and myrmecochorous).


epizoochorous

(biology) Spread, or having seeds that are dispersed, by adhering to animals (without granting any benefit to them).


PPD

en-noun

PPD (countable and uncountable, plural PPDs)

purified protein derivative
purified protein derivative#English

(biochemistry) Initialism of purified protein derivative.


adenylcyclase

adenosine triphosphate
adenosine triphosphate

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the cyclization of adenosine triphosphate


alphasatellite

(biochemistry) viral single-stranded satellite DNA


anabaenolysin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytolytic lipopeptides present in cyanobacteria of the genus Anabaena.


apoflavodoxin

apoflavodoxin (countable and uncountable, plural apoflavodoxins)

(biochemistry) The apoprotein of flavodoxin


centriogenesis

(biology) Generation and development of the centriole


cephalofoil

From cephalo- + foil in the sense of hydrofoil.

(zoology) Either of the two outward extensions of the head of a hammerhead shark.


clitocin

(biochemistry) A nucleoside analog in mushrooms of the genus Clitocybe.


exoloop

(biochemistry) A polypeptide loop on the outside of a protein


ferlin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that play a part in vesicle fusion and membrane trafficking


hematocytological

(cytology) Relating to the cytology of blood


homoplastomic

(genetics) Describing a transgenic plant that has its original plastome


lipopeptoid

(biochemistry) A complex of lipid and peptoid


macrochloroplast

(biology) A relatively large chloroplast


malfolding

malfolding (countable and uncountable, plural malfoldings)

(biochemistry) Incorrect folding (of a protein)


maltosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any carbohydrate derived from maltose


micronucleophagy

(biology) A form of microautophagy that affects the nucleus of a cell


oligoglucosaccharide

(biochemistry) Any oligosaccharide composed of glucose residues


palmdelphin

(biochemistry) An isoform of a paralemmin


paralemmin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of prenylated and palmitoylated phosphoproteins associated with some cell membranes


parabutoporin

(biochemistry) A cationic amphipathic antibiotic peptide present in scorpion venom


gynosome

(zoology) A penis-like organ in female Neotrogla.


nonhemoglobin

(biochemistry) A protein that is not a hemoglobin.


photoorganoheterotroph

(biology) A organoheterotroph that also obtains energy from light


prequeuosine (alternative)
pre queuosine (alternative)

guanosine triphosphate
guanosine triphosphate

(biochemistry) a modified nucleoside that is an intermediate in the production of queuosine from GTP (guanosine triphosphate).


protopectinase

(biochemistry) Any protease that breaks down protopectin


pseudoallelic

(genetics) Relating to pseudoalleles or to pseudoallelism


pseudopilin

(biochemistry) A form of pilin that lacks disulfide bonds between its folds


stellate cell

(cytology) Any cell that has radiating dendritic processes


superaquaporin

(biochemistry) Any aquaporin that lacks a cytoplasmic N-terminal region


taphocoenosis

(ecology) An assemblage of dead organisms


thermoalkaliphile

(biology) Any organism that lives in a hot, alkaline environment


acetotrophic

(biology) That can metabolise acetate, typically yielding methane and carbon dioxide


aiRNA

(biochemistry) asymmetric interfering RNA


allolysis

(biology) lysis induced by cells of the same species or phylotype


arabinomannan

(biochemistry) Any mannan derived from arabinose


archaemetzincin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of zinc-dependant aminopeptidases present in some archaea


asolectin

(biochemistry) A mixture of phospholipids obtained commercially from soybeans


bigenomic

(genetics, of a protein) Coded for by genes on two different chromosomes


motorium

(biology) The part of the nervous organism that is instrumental in the exertion of motor influence.


carboxysomeless

(biology, of some bacteria) That lack a carboxysome


chloroplastidial

(botany) Relating to, or composed of chloroplastids


cleavase

(biochemistry) A form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA


clonogenics

(biology, genetics) The (study of the) formation of clones


cybertaxonomy

cybertaxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural cybertaxonomies)

(computing, taxonomy) computerised taxonomy


cytoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein present within a cell


deglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycoside linkages


depauperation

(genetics) The removal of variety (of species, genes, or biodiversity)


diszoochory

(biology) The dispersal of seeds by harvester ants


erythrophagolysosome

(cytology) A phagolysosome of an erythrocyte


genotranscriptomic

From geno- + transcriptomic or genotranscriptome + -ic.

(genetics) Relating to a genotranscriptome


genotranscriptome

(genetics) A genome and/or related transcriptome


gliopeptide

(biochemistry) A neuropeptide associated with glial cells


gliotrophin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that stimulate the growth of glial cells


hemiedaphic

(biology) That lives partly within the soil and partly on the surface


heterogeneic

(genetics) Composed of different genes, typically by being different species


heterogeneicity

(genetics) The condition of being heterogeneic


heterosynthesis

(biology) The synthesis of components of an egg by one of the parents


holobenthic

(biology) That inhabits the seafloor during all phases of life


homophyletic

(biology) Descended from ancestors of the same species


iliophagous

(biology, of a fish) That feeds (typically on mud) in the lowest layer of water


immunolectin

(biochemistry, immunology) Any lectin associated with the immune system


leishmanolysin

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase present in some trypanosomes of the genus Leishmania.


THF

(biochemistry) Initialism of tetrahydrofolate.


microbialization

microbialization (countable and uncountable, plural microbializations)

(ecology) The modification of an environment by invasion of microbes


microclone

(biology) A plant clone grown in vitro from a small tissue sample.


spergula

(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Spergula.


mist net

Jens-Kjeld sets up a mist net between two lightweight poles at the edge of the boulder field, nearest to the cliffe.

2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 128:

(ornithology) A net, made from fine strands that are nearly invisible, used to catch birds so that they may be ringed or studied.


perichromatin

(biology) Surrounding the chromatin of a cell nucleus


preproenzyme

(biochemistry) The precursor of a proenzyme


pseudohomothallic

(biology, of a fungus) heterothallic but producing self-fertile mycelium


dracocephalum

(botany) Any plant of the genus Dracocephalum, the dragonheads.


stygiobiont

(biology) Any organism that lives in permanent darkness, typically in deep caves


subxerophytic

(ecology) Normally very dry (xerophytic) but with occasional wet periods


suprahaplotype

(genetics) A group of closely-related haplotypes


telomerize

en-verb

telomerize (third-person singular simple present telomerizes, present participle telomerizing, simple past and past participle telomerized)

telomerizes (present singular third-person)
telomerizing (participle present)
telomerized (participle past)
telomerized (past)

(biochemistry) To cause, or to undergo telomerization


acetylatase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses acetylation


adenylylation

adenosine monophosphate
adenosine monophosphate

(biochemistry) Addition of an adenylyl group (typically from adenosine monophosphate)


alloalbumin

(genetics, biochemistry) Any of a group of genetically-related albumins found in blood serum


teleosaurian

(zoology) Any member of the genus Teleosaurus.


antiblastic

From anti- (“against”) + -blastic (“growing tissue”).

af

(biology, of a host) antagonistic to the metabolism of a parasite


chemoecological

(chemistry, ecology) Relating to chemoecology


chemoecology

(chemistry, ecology) The chemical aspects of ecology


cololite

(paleontology) Fossilised intestine contents.


copolymerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a copolymerization reaction


depurinize

en-verb

depurinize (third-person singular simple present depurinizes, present participle depurinizing, simple past and past participle depurinized)

depurinizes (present singular third-person)
depurinizing (participle present)
depurinized (participle past)
depurinized (past)

(biochemistry) To undergo depurinization


digalactosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a digalactoside


dorsomotor

(anatomy, biology) Describing dorsal motor functions


metagenetics

(genetics) The application of genetics to communities rather than individual organisms


ecometagenetics

(ecology, genetics) A combination of ecology and metagenetics


ectocommensalism

(ecology) commensalism in which one organism is outside of the other


ectocytosis

(biology) A form of exocytosis in which ectosomes are released from a cell


ectophagous

(biology, of a parasite) That feeds on the external surface of its host