tricarboxylic acid cycle

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noun Biochemistry.

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Origin of tricarboxylic acid cycle

First recorded in 1940–45

Words nearby tricarboxylic acid cycle

tribute, tribute band, tricalcium silicate, tricameral, tricarboxylic, tricarboxylic acid cycle, tricarpellary, trice, tricentenary, tricentennial, tricep

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How to use tricarboxylic acid cycle in a sentence

It almost mirrors the Buddhist cycle of life, death, and rebirth.
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I write the lyrics and work with Murv Douglas from Lords of Acid.
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During the height of his disenchantment, he visited his hometown where an old friend gave him some liquid acid.
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Eventually, the mistletoe bush grows, blooms, and forms berries, and the cycle begins anew.
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The Newsroom aired its final episode on Sunday, already an eternity ago in news-cycle terms.
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There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The amount of the other purin bodies together is about one-tenth that of uric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Uric acid is decreased before an attack of gout and increased afterward, but its etiologic relation is still uncertain.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Indol is absorbed and oxidized into indoxyl, which combines with potassium and sulphuric acid and is thus excreted.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for tricarboxylic acid cycle

tricarboxylic acid cycle

/ (traɪˌkɑːbɒkˈsɪlɪk) /

noun

biochem another name for Krebs cycle Abbreviation: TCA cycle

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Medical definitions for tricarboxylic acid cycle

tricarboxylic acid cycle

[ trī′kär-bŏk-sĭl′ĭk ]

Krebs cycle

tricarboxylic acid cycle

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