See Also: Dynein(medicine)
dynein arm(medicine)
Dynein(health)
dynein atpase(medicine)
whang(1)(dictionary)
whang(2)(dictionary)
whang(3)(dictionary)
whang(4)(dictionary)
whang(5)(dictionary)

whang(4) (iou) and dynein arm (medicine)


whang(4) (iou)



whang verb1. Also wang. L17.
[Alt. of THONG verb. Cf. WHANG noun1, noun2.]
a. verb trans. Beat (as) with a thong; lash. Scot. & dial. L17.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Strike, drive, throw or be thrown, etc., with force or violent impact. (Not always distinguishable from WHANG verb2.) colloq. E19.
E. Birney The corporal..whanged his pipe spitefully against the table leg. D. Bogarde A stone..whanged..against the bonnet of the car. P. Theroux They had flown the..gunship into the darkness, their rotor blades whanging the low branches.
verb trans. Cut in large slices. Scot. & dial. M18.
whanger noun (a) rare a violent thief; (b) US coarse slang the penis: E18.

dynein arm (medicine)


dynein arm


A structure extending clockwise from one tubule of each of the 9 doublet microtubules toward the adjacent doublet seen in the axoneme of cilia or flagella (including human sperm tails); congenital absence of dynein, reflected structurally by absence of dynein arm's, can account for symptoms seen in Kartagener's syndrome and in immotile cilia syndromes.