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Maximum temperature
The temperature above which bacterial growth will not take place.
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Inverse temperature
A condition in which the body temperature is higher in the morning than in the evening.
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Critical temperature
The temperature above which distinct liquid and gas phases do not exist. The temperature at which a gas can be compressed into a liquid by applying pressure.
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Ambient temperature
The surrounding temperature or that present in the place, site, or location indicated. The temperature of the ambient air surrounding the heated components of an electric circuit.
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Absolute temperature
The temperature measured from absolute zero, which is -273.15°C. A temperature value calculated from absolute zero, which is -273.15°C or -459.67°F.
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Temper
The state of an individual’s mood, disposition, or mind (e.g., even-tempered or foul-tempered). A process used to condition a new brass pressing comb so that it heats evenly.
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Temoradiation
A colloquial term for the combination of radiation therapy with the chemotherapeutic drug temozolomide, a treatment for patients with glioblastoma multiforme.
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Telomeric theory of aging
The progressive shortening of the end regions of chromosomes that occurs with each cell replication cycle; this loss of genetic material may serve as the clock that defines aging at the cellular level.
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Telomeric repeat amplification protocol assay
A means of detecting telomerase activity in laboratory specimens. Telomerase can be used as a biomarker for the presence of malignant cells. TRAP has been used to detect abnormal telomerase activity in urine (a marker of bladder cancer) and in tissue and cell extracts, e.g., in lymphomas or renal tumors.
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Telolemma
The membrane of the axon terminal at a neuromuscular junction.
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