See Also: lemniscate(medicine)
lemniscate(dictionary)

glutamine (iou) and lemniscate (iou)


glutamine (iou)



glutamine noun. L19.
[from GLUT(AMIC + AMINE.]
Biochemistry. A hydrophilic amino acid, H2NCOCH2CH2(NH2)COOH, which occurs in proteins and is an amide of glutamic acid, from which it is formed metabolically.

lemniscate (iou)



lemniscate noun & adjective. L18.
[from mod. Latin lemniscata fem. of Latin lemniscatus adjective, adorned with ribbons, formed as LEMNISCUS: see -ATE2.]
Math.
A. noun. A type of Cassinian oval with two symmetrical loops across a central node (as the figure 8), defined by the equation r2=2a2cos2?. L18.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to lemniscates; of the Nature of a lemniscate. L19.