See Also: histone(encyclopedia)
Histone(medicine)
histone(dictionary)
histone h2b kinase(medicine)
histone gene(medicine)
histone deacetylase(medicine)
histone bases(medicine)
chromosomal proteins, non-histone(medicine)
histone-lysine n-methyltransferase(medicine)
ADP ribose-histone hydrolase(medicine)

consumption (iou) and histone (sh)


consumption (iou)



consumption noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French consomption from Latin consumptio(n-), from consumpt- pa. ppl stem of consumere CONSUME: see -ION.]
The action or fact of consuming by use, waste, eating, etc. (see CONSUME verb). LME.
fig.: W. Owen To borrow a book for Dorothy's immediate consumption.
Wasting of the body by disease; (formerly) a wasting disease; now spec., severe pulmonary tuberculosis. LME.
M. Girouard Galloping consumption forced him to spend more..time on the south coast.
Decay, wasting away, wearing out. E16.
The purchase and use of or of goods, material, or energy; the amount or rate of this. M17.
specific consumption, specific fuel consumption: see SPECIFIC adjective.
consumptioner noun a consumer M17-M18.

histone (sh)




Any of a class of rather simple proteins occurring in cell nuclei and in combination with DNA to form nucleoproteins.

They can be obtained from both plants and animals. Unlike most proteins, they dissolve readily in water. They were discovered งใ 1884.