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alkylacetylglycerophosphatase (medicine)


alkylacetylglycerophosphatase
<enzyme> Involved in the synthesis of platelet-activating factor

Registry number: EC 3.1.3.59

Synonym: alkylacetyl-gp phosphohydrolase, 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate phosphohydrolase


trencher(1) (iou)



trencher noun1. ME.
[Anglo-Norman trenchour, Old French trencheoir, from trenchier: see TRENCH verb, -ER2.]
A cutting instrument; a knife. ME-M16.
A flat piece of wood for cutting and serving meat (obsolete exc. Hist.); (arch. or Hist.) a plate, a platter. ME.
b. A slice of bread used as a plate or platter. LME-E16.
c. A trencher with Food on it; a supply of Food. arch. L16.
transf. Any flat board. Now rare or obsolete exc. as in sense 3b. E16.
b. ellipt. = trench cap (a) below. M19.
Phrases: lick the trencher toady, be a parasite.
Comb.: trencher cap (a) a stiff square academic hat, a mortarboard; (b) a student who wears a trencher cap; trencher-friend a parasite, a toady; trencherwoman a woman with a hearty appetite.
trencherful noun as much as a trencher will hold M17.
trenchering noun (a) (rare) eating, feasting; (b) (rare, Shakes.) trenchers collectively: L16-E17.