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pontiff (iou) and Z (medicine)


pontiff (iou)



pontiff noun. Also Pontiff. L16.
[French pontife from Latin PONTIFEX.]
gen. A chief priest. L16.
= PONTIFEX 1. E17.
Orig. (Hist.), a bishop of the early Christian Church. Now spec. (more fully sovereign pontiff, supreme pontiff) the Pope. L17.

Z (medicine)


Z
<abbreviation> Benzyloxycarbonyl (carbobenzoxy); atomic number; symbol for an amino acid that is either glutamic acid, glutamine, or a substance that yields glutamic acid on acid hydrolysis of peptides (e.g., 4-carboxyglutamate or 5-oxoproline); carbobenzoxy; in italics, zusammen.