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gated ion channel (medicine) and mechanic (iou)


gated ion channel (medicine)


gated ion channel
<physiology> Transmembrane proteins of excitable cells, that allow a flux of ions to pass only under defined circumstances. Channels may be either voltage gated, such as the sodium channel of neurons or ligand gated such as the acetylcholine receptor of cholinergic synapses. Channels tend to be relatively ion specific and allow fluxes of typically 1000 ions to pass in around 1ms, they are thus much faster at moving ions across a membrane than transport ATPases.


mechanic (iou)



mechanic adjective & noun. LME.
[(Old & mod. French mecanique from) Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos from mekhanike MACHINE noun: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to or involving manual labour or skill. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Pertaining to or of the Nature of a machine or machines; worked by machinery. Now arch. exc. poet. LME.
Of a person: having a manual occupation; working at a trade. Formerly also, low in the social scale; vulgar, coarse. Now rare. M16.
= MECHANICAL adjective 5a. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Worked or working like a machine; automatic, unthinking. Cf. MECHANICAL adjective 4. arch. M17.
b. noun. See also MECHANICS.
A manual worker; an artisan. arch. M16.
mechanics' institute, mechanics' institution Hist. any of various societies providing Education for working people.
b. A person of low status, a vulgar person. derog. Now rare. E17.
A mechanical Art. Also, manual labour, skill. Only in 17.
A skilled manual worker, esp. one who makes, uses, or Repairs machinery. M17.
DENTAL mechanic.
A. MacLean The overalled mechanic was still at work on the helicopter's engine.
A person who cheats at gambling Games, esp. cards; a card-sharp, esp. one who manipulates cards. US & Austral. slang. L19.
A hired assassin. slang. L20.