See Also: base pair(medicine)
Base pair(health)
conjugate acid-base pair(medicine)
pair(4)(dictionary)
pair(1)(dictionary)
pair(2)(dictionary)
au pair(dictionary)
pair(3)(dictionary)
Pair(medicine)
Two Pair(casino)

ironclad (iou) and base pair (medicine)


ironclad (iou)



ironclad adjective & noun. M19.
[from IRON noun & adjective + clad pa. pple of CLOTHE.]
A. adjective.
Protected or covered with iron; esp. (of a naval vessel) armour-plated. M19.
fig. Strict, rigorous, hard and fast. M19.
M. Puzo You know you got an ironclad contract..and I can't fire you.
Of a plant: able to withstand cold and frost. US. L19.
b. noun.
An ironclad ship. M19.
transf. & fig. Something resembling an armoured ship; something tough or impregnable. M19.

base pair (medicine)


base pair
<molecular biology> Two nitrogenous bases (adenine and thymine or guanine and cytosine) held together by weak bonds.

Two strands of DNA are held together in the shape of a double helix by the bonds between base pairs.