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insolent (iou) and Tricarboxylic acid cycle (medicine)


insolent (iou)



insolent adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin insolent-, formed as IN-3 + solent- pres. ppl stem of solere be accustomed: see -ENT.]
A. adjective.
I.
Orig., arrogant or overbearing in conduct or behaviour. Later, offensively contemptuous; impertinently insulting. LME.
J. Gay 'What arrogance!' the snail replied; 'How insolent is upstart pride!' R. West Cook's face was bland, but her tone was unmistakably insolent.
Going beyond the bounds of propriety; extravagant, immoderate. LME-E18.
Steele All the Extremities of Household Expence, Furniture and insolent Equipage.
II.
Unaccustomed to a thing; inexperienced. L15-L16.
Unusual, strange. L16-M17.
J. Brinsley Words which are insolent, hard and out of use, are to be as warily avoided.
b. noun. An insolent person. L16.
insolently adverb LME.

Tricarboxylic acid cycle (medicine)


tricarboxylic acid cycle
<biochemistry> The central feaure of oxidative metabolism. Cyclic reactions whereby acetyl CoA is oxidized to carbon dioxide providing reducing equivalents (NADH or FADH2) to power the electron transport chain. Also provides intermediates for biosynthetic processes.