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zwitter hypothesis (medicine) and cowl(1) (iou)


zwitter hypothesis (medicine)


zwitter hypothesis


That an amphoteric molecule (e.g., an amino acid) has, at its isoelectric point, equal numbers of positive and negative charges, thus becoming a zwitterion.


cowl(1) (iou)



cowl noun1 & verb.
[Old English cug(e)le, cule, corresp. to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch coghel, Old High German cucula, cugula, chugela (German Kugel, Kogel), from ecclesiastical Latin cuculla from Latin cucullus hood of a cloak. In Middle English reinforced by kuuele from Old English kufle and prob. by Old & mod. French coule.]
A. noun.
A hooded sleeveless garment worn by monks. Also, a full cloak with wide sleeves worn by members of Benedictine orders. OE.
The hood of such a garment. L16.
Monkhood, monasticism; a monk. M17.
Pope What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl?
A vented covering fitted on top of a chimney or ventilation shaft to improve the draught. (Earlier as COW noun4.) E19.
Comb.: cowl neck a neck on a woman's garment that hangs in draped folds.
b. verb trans.
Clothe (as) with a monk's cowl; make a monk of. M16.
R. D. Blackmore Mountains, cowled with fog.
Draw over like a cowl. E19.
H. E. Bates A sort of black cloak..half like the garment, cowled over the head, that nuns or nurses wear.
cowled adjective wearing or provided with (something resembling) a cowl LME.