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Biofilm(health)
biofilm(dictionary)

transparent (iou) and biofilm (medicine)


transparent (iou)



transparent adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French from medieval Latin transparent- pres. ppl stem of transparere shine through, from Latin TRANS- + parere come into view: see -ENT.]
Having the property of transmitting light, so as to make objects lying beyond clearly visible; pellucid; diaphanous. Formerly also, visible through something. LME.
M. Gee A shocking pink transparent shorty nighty. L. Spalding We can see their hearts beating through their thin, transparent skin.
b. Of light: shining through; penetrating. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Shakespeare 2 Henry VI Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams.
c. Allowing the passage of radiant heat or any Other specified kind of radiation; allowing the passage of sound waves without distortion. L19.
d. Computing. Of a program or process: not revealing its presence to the General user. L20.
fig. Easily seen through or understood; easily discerned; evident, obvious; (of a person, statement, etc.) frank, open, ingenuous. L16.
J. Frame Someone spoke of a place..with such transparent love. A. Brookner I was straightforward, transparent.
b. Phonology. Of a rule: that can be extrapolated from every occurrence of the phenomenon; to which there are no exceptions. Opp. OPAQUE adjective 3b. L20.
Of sound: clear, not blurred; without tonal distortion. M20.
Keyboard Player You hear solid brass with transparent mid-range and treble.
transparently adverb E17.
transparentness noun (rare) E18.

biofilm (medicine)


biofilm
<technique> A technique of immobilising cells by growing microbes or Other microbial organisms, usually embedded in extracellular polymers such as implanted medical devices, which adhere to surfaces submerged in, or subjected to, aquatic environments. They are glued together to form microbial communities which are highly resistant to both phagocytes and antibiotics.

A layered culture of microorganisms growing on a surface that they have created themselves by secreting polysaccharides and glycoproteins.