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121zinc sulfate — Chem. a colorless, crystalline, water soluble powder, ZnSO4·7H2O, used for preserving skins and wood, in the electrodeposition of zinc, in the bleaching of paper, as a mordant in calico printing, and in medicine as an astringent, styptic, and… …
122zinc spraying — A process for applying zinc coatings to iron and steel. Particles of molten zinc are sprayed on the surface to be coated; the coating metal, usually in the form of wire, is fed into a spray gun, in which it is melted by the combustion of a fuel… …
123zinc finger — A motif associated with DNA binding proteins. A loop of 12 amino acids contains either 2 cysteine and 2 histidine groups (a cysteine histidine zinc finger), or 4 cysteines (a cysteine cysteine zinc finger), that directly coordinate a zinc atom.… …
124zinc oxide — Chem., Pharm. a white or yellowish white, amorphous, odorless, water insoluble powder, ZnO, used chiefly as a paint pigment, in cosmetics, dental cements, matches, white printing inks, and opaque glass, and in medicine in the treatment of skin… …
125Zinc sulfate — A form of zinc that can be administered in eye drops. It is used in some types of eye tests. * * * zinc sulfate n a crystalline salt ZnSO4 used in medicine as an astringent, emetic, and weak antiseptic * * * [USP] the heptahydrate or the… …
126zinc oxide paste — [USP] a preparation of zinc oxide and starch in white petrolatum, used topically as an astringent and skin protectant; called also Lassar plain zinc p …
127zinc finger protein — any of a class of nucleic acid–binding proteins that also contain one or more zinc binding domains (tandemly repeated, highly conserved stretches of 28 nucleotides). The class is named for the fingerlike secondary and tertiary structures formed …
128zinc — [[t]zɪŋk[/t]] n. v. zincked zinced [[t]zɪŋkt[/t]] zinck•ing zinc•ing [[t]ˈzɪŋ kɪŋ[/t]] 1) chem. a ductile, bluish white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells Symbol: Zn at. wt.:… …
