See Also: rate-limiting step(medicine)
limiting(dictionary)
limiting factor(medicine)
limiting angle(medicine)
limiting sulcus(medicine)
glial limiting membrane(medicine)
Abbe's law of limiting resolution(medicine)
limiting layers of cornea(medicine)
anterior limiting ring(medicine)
limiting sulcus of Reil(medicine)

airtight (oh) and rate-limiting step (medicine)


airtight (oh)



not allowing air to get in or out
::airtight containers
planned or done so carefully that there is no chance of any problems or mistakes
::an airtight alibi

rate-limiting step (medicine)


rate-limiting step
<biochemistry> The slowest step in a metabolic pathway, or the step in an enzymatic reaction that requires the greatest amount of energy to initiate.