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glycocalyx (medicine)


glycocalyx
<cell biology> The region, seen by electron microscopy, external to the outer dense line of the plasmalemma that appears to be rich in glycosidic compounds such as proteoglycans and glycoproteins.

Since these molecules are often Integral membrane proteins and may be denatured by the processes of fixation for electron microscopy, it might be better to avoid the term or to refer to membrane glycoproteins or to proteoglycans associated with the cell surface.


ripe(3) (iou)



ripe verb1. arch.
[Old English ripian (= Old Saxon ripon (Dutch rijpen), Old High German rifen (German reifen)), from the adjective Largely superseded by RIPEN.]
verb intrans. Grow or become ripe. OE.
verb trans. Make ripe, bring to ripeness. Formerly also spec., cause (a boil etc.) to come to a head. OE.
J. Sylvester On Trees..they ripe the Plum and Pear.
verb trans.
a. Prepare (a matter) by careful consideration. OE-M16.
b. Make (a person) ripe in knowledge. E-M16.