Glossary of terms used on this site
Glossary of biology.
Glossaries
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tonicity |
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amount of solute in a solution |
topoisomerase |
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torpor |
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decrease in activity and metabolism that allows an animal to survive adverse conditions |
total lung capacity (TLC) |
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sum of the residual volume, expiratory reserve volume, tidal volume, and inspiratory reserve volume |
trabecula |
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tiny plate that makes up spongy bone and gives it strength |
trabeculae |
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lamellae that are arranged as rods or plates |
trachea |
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cartilaginous tube that transports air from the larynx to the primary bronchi |
tracheid |
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xylem cell with thick secondary walls that helps transport water |
tragedy of the commons |
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economic principle that resources held in common will inevitably be overexploited |
tragedy of the commons |
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economic principle that resources held in common will inevitably be overexploited |
trait |
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variation in the physical appearance of a heritable characteristic |
trans fat |
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fat formed artificially by hydrogenating oils, leading to a different arrangement of double bond(s) than those found in naturally occurring lipids. |
trans-acting element |
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trans-acting element |
transcription |
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process through which messenger RNA forms on a template of DNA. |
transcription bubble |
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region of locally unwound DNA that allows for transcription of mRNA |