Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A term applied by Berzelius to the salts of those acids which contain oxygen, to distinguish them from the haloid salts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.), rare A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a
haloid compound.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nematology One of a pair of
chemosensory sense organs positionedlaterally on the head of anematode
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Examples
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"We targeted the nanoparticles near what is the 'mouth' of the worms, called the amphid," explains Pralle.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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From a molecular standpoint, the researchers focused on FIG-1, a protein secreted by only glia surrounding the amphid sensory organ.
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They specifically looked at a group of 12 sensory neurons whose dendritic tips converge at the worm's nose in a sensory organ called the amphid.
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It has recently been shown that fluorescent daumone analogues are also transported to amphid neurons and induce the dauer state
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They specifically looked at a group of 12 sensory neurons whose dendritic tips converge at the worm's nose in a sensory organ called the amphid.
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They specifically looked at a group of 12 sensory neurons whose dendritic tips converge at the worm's nose in a sensory organ called the amphid.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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They specifically looked at a group of 12 sensory neurons whose dendritic tips converge at the worm's nose in a sensory organ called the amphid.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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