enterokinase | (noun) enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin | - |
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kina | (noun) the basic unit of money in Papua New Guinea | - |
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kinaesthesia | (noun) the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc | Synonyms: feeling of movement, kinesthesia |
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(noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
kinaesthesis | (noun) the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body | Synonyms: kinaesthesia, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement |
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kinanesthesia | (noun) inability to sense movement | - |
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kinase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme | - |
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mackinaw | (noun) a heavy woolen cloth heavily napped and felted, often with a plaid design | - |
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(noun) a flat-bottomed boat used on upper Great Lakes | Synonyms: Mackinaw boat |
(noun) a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States | Synonyms: Mackinaw blanket |
(noun) a short plaid coat made of made of thick woolen material | Synonyms: Mackinaw coat |
streptokinase | (noun) an enzyme produced by some strains of streptococcus that can liquefy blood clots by converting plasminogen to plasmin; used medicinally in some cases of myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism | - |
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thrombokinase | (noun) an enzyme liberated from blood platelets that converts prothrombin into thrombin as blood starts to clot | Synonyms: factor III, thromboplastin |
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urokinase | (noun) protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis | Synonyms: plasminogen activator |
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