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mane(2) (iou) and cephalin (medicine)


mane(2) (iou)



mane noun.

A growth of long hair on the back of the neck and the shoulders, characteristic of various animals, esp. the horse and lion. OE.
A person's long hair. LME.
A ridge or tuft of grass or stubble, left by mowers. Now dial. E16.
The hackles on the neck of a game cock. E17-E18.
maneless adjective E19.

cephalin (medicine)


cephalin


A term formerly applied to a group of phosphatidic esters resembling lecithin but containing either 2-ethanolamine or l-serine in the place of choline; these are now known as phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine. They are widely distributed in the body, especially in the brain and spinal cord, and are used as local haemostatics and as reagents in liver function test.

Synonym: kephalin.