See Also: truncated(medicine)
truncated(dictionary)

photoreactivation (iou) and truncated (medicine)


photoreactivation (iou)



photoreactivation noun. M20.
[from PHOTO- + REACTIVATION.]
Biology. The process whereby illumination of living matter with visible light can counteract the destructive effects on genetic material of previous ultraviolet irradiation.
,photoreactiva'bility noun the potential for photoreactivation M20.
,photore'activable adjective (of a biological system) capable of displaying photoreactivation; (of damage caused by ultraviolet irradiation) able to be photoreactivated: L20.
,photore'activate verb trans. repair by photoreactivation M20.

truncated (medicine)


truncated


1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.

2. <chemical> Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.

3. <zoology> Lacking the apex; said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.

<geometry> Truncated cone or pyramid, a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.

Source: Websters Dictionary