See Also: hexamer(medicine)

ambuscade (iou) and hexamer (medicine)


ambuscade (iou)



ambuscade noun & verb. L16.
[French embuscade from Italian imboscata or Spanish emboscada, Portuguese embuscada: see AMBUSH noun, -ADE.]
A. noun. = AMBUSH noun. L16.
b. verb intrans. & trans. = AMBUSH verb. L16.
ambuscader noun = AMBUSHER L17.

hexamer (medicine)


hexamer


See: virion.

2. A complex or compound containing six subunits or moieties (e.g., a protein complex with six polypeptide chains or an oligopeptide with six amino acid residues).

Origin: hexa-+ G. Meros, part