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Transphosphorylation
The exchange of phosphate groups from one compound to another.
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Transphosphorylase
An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from one compound to another.\
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Transpeptidase
An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a peptide from one compound to another.
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Transovarial passage
The passage of infectious or toxic agents into the ovary, a process that might invade and infect the oocytes.
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Transonance
The transmission of sounds through an organ, as heart sounds through the lungs and chest wall.
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Transnasal tube
A tube passed through the nose into the gastrointestinal tract for feeding.
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Transovarial transmission
The transmission of causative agents of disease to offspring following invasion of the ovary and infection of eggs; occurs in ticks and mites.
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Placental transmission
The transmission of substances in the mother’s blood to the blood of the fetus by way of the placenta. The transfer of medications or substances from diseases across the mother’s placental blood flow into her unborn child.
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Mechanical transmission
The passive transfer of causative agents of disease, especially by arthropods. This may be indirect, as when flies pick up organisms from excreta of humans or animals and deposit them on food, or direct, as when they pick up organisms from the body of a diseased individual and directly inoculate them into the body of…
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Duplex transmission
The passage of impulses through a nerve trunk in both directions by sensory and motor neurons.
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