See Also: glutamyl carboxylase(medicine)
gamma-glutamyl carboxylase(medicine)
fillip(2)(dictionary)
fillip(1)(dictionary)
fillip(dictionary)
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fillip(1) (iou) and glutamyl carboxylase (medicine)


fillip(1) (iou)



fillip noun. E16.
[Imit.]
A smart blow (with the fist etc.). Now rare. E16.
J. Still There was a knave not far, Who caught one good fillip on the brow with a door-bar.
A movement made by bending the last joint of the finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a smart stroke or tap given in this way. M16.
Boswell The Prince..by a fillip, made some of it [Wine] fly in Oglethorpe's face.
A trifle; a moment. E17.
Byron Eat, drink, and love; the rest's not worth a fillip.
A stimulus, an incentive. E18.
J. N. Isbister The interest from abroad..was a great fillip to Freud.

glutamyl carboxylase (medicine)


glutamyl carboxylase
<enzyme> Carboxylates glutamyl residues in a microsomal protein precursor of plasma prothrombin to form gamma-carboxyglutamic acid residues

Registry number: EC 6.4.-

Synonym: vitamin k-dependent carboxylase, glutamate carboxylase, vitamin k dependent carboxylase, vitamin k-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, k-dependent carboxylase, gamma-glutamyl carboxylase