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CircumflectingCircumflect Cir"cum*flect, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Circumflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflecting.] [L.
circumflectere. See Circumflex.]
1. To bend around.
2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.] DeflectingDeflect De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Deflecting.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend
or turn. See Flexible.]
To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
(1630). ElectingElect E*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Electing.]
1. To pick out; to select; to choose.
The deputy elected by the Lord. --Shak.
2. To select or take for an office; to select by vote; as, to
elect a representative, a president, or a governor.
3. (Theol.) To designate, choose, or select, as an object of
mercy or favor.
Syn: To choose; prefer; select. See Choose. InflectingInflect In*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inflected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inflecting.] [L. inflectere, inflexum; pref. in.- in
+ flectere to bend. See Flexibl, and cf. Inflex.]
1. To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline,
to deflect; to curve; to bow.
Are they [the rays of the sun] not reflected,
refracted, and inflected by one and the same
principle ? --Sir I.
Newton.
2. (Gram.) To vary, as a noun or a verb in its terminations;
to decline, as a noun or adjective, or to conjugate, as a
verb.
3. To modulate, as the voice. Neglectingly
Neglectingly Neg*lect"ing*ly, adv.
Carelessly; heedlessly. --Shak.
PrelectingPrelect Pre*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prelected; p. pr. &
vb. n. Prelecting.] [L. praelectus, p. p. of praelegere to
read before. See Pre-, and Lection.]
To read publicly, as a lecture or discourse. ReflectingReflect Re*flect" (r?*fl?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Reflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Reflecting.] [L. reflectere,
reflexum; pref. re- re- + flectere to bend or turn. See
Flexible, and cf. Reflex, v.]
1. To bend back; to give a backwa?d turn to; to throw back;
especially, to cause to return after striking upon any
surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished
metals reflect heat.
Let me mind the reader to reflect his eye on our
quotations. --Fuller.
Bodies close together reflect their own color.
--Dryden.
2. To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.
Nature is the glass reflecting God, As by the sea
reflected is the sun. --Young. Reflectingly
Reflectingly Re*flect"ing*ly, adv.
With reflection; also, with censure; reproachfully. --Swift.
SelectingSelect Se*lect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Selected; p. pr. & vb.
n. Selecting.]
To choose and take from a number; to take by preference from
among others; to pick out; to cull; as, to select the best
authors for perusal. ``One peculiar nation to select.'
--Milton.
The pious chief . . . A hundred youths from all his
train selects. --Dryden.
Meaning of Lectin from wikipedia
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Lectins are carbohydrate-binding
proteins that are
highly specific for
sugar groups that are part of
other molecules, so
cause agglutination of particular...
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Weight Gain,
which promotes the
controversial lectin-free diet.
Gundry has made
erroneous claims that
lectins, a type of
plant protein found in numerous...
- The
lectin pathway or MBL
pathway is a type of
cascade reaction in the
complement system,
similar in
structure to the
classical complement pathway, in...
- The
Lectin-free diet (also
known as the
Plant Paradox diet) is a fad diet
promoted with the
false claim that
avoiding all
foods that
contain high amounts...
- Mannose-binding
lectin (MBL), also
called mannan-binding
lectin or mannan-binding
protein (MBP), is a
lectin that is
instrumental in
innate immunity as...
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classical complement pathway, the
alternative complement pathway, and the
lectin pathway. The
alternative pathway accounts for the
majority of
terminal pathway...
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virtue of the CLRs. The name
lectin is a bit
misleading because the
family includes proteins with at
least one C-type
lectin domain (CTLD)
which is a specific...
- The
legume lectins (or L-type
lectins) are a
family of sugar-binding
proteins or
lectins found in the
seeds and, in
smaller amounts, in the roots, stems...
- biology, the
fungal fruit body
lectin family consists of
several fungal fruit body
lectin proteins.
Fruit body
lectins are
thought to have insecticidal...
- A C-type
lectin (CLEC) is a type of carbohydrate-binding
protein known as a
lectin. The C-type
designation is from
their requirement for
calcium for binding...
