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metallothionein (medicine) and Petrarchan (iou)


metallothionein (medicine)


metallothionein
<biochemistry> Small cysteine rich metal binding protein found in the cytoplasm of many eukaryotes. Synthesis can be induced by heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium, copper and mercury and metallothioneins probably serve a protective function. Metallothionein gene promoters are used in studies of gene expression.


Petrarchan (iou)



Petrarchan adjective. E19.
[from Petrarch (Italian Petrarca): see below, -AN.]
Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or in the style of the Italian poet Petrarch (1304-74); spec. designating a sonnet with an octave rhyming abbaabba and a sestet usu. rhyming cdcdcd or cdecde.
'Petrarchism noun imitation of the style of Petrarch L19.
'Petrarchist noun an imitator of Petrarch E19.
'Petrarchize verb intrans. (rare) imitate the style of Petrarch. L16.