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touchwood(dictionary)
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anisotropic disks(medicine)
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anisotropic disks (medicine) and touchwood (iou)


anisotropic disks (medicine)


anisotropic disks -->
A bands


The dark-staining anisotropic cross striations in the myofibrils of muscle fibres, comprising regions of overlapping thick (myosin) and thin (actin) filaments.

Synonym: A disks, anisotropic disks, Q bands, Q disks.


touchwood (iou)



touchwood noun. L16.
[from TOUCH noun, verb + WOOD noun1.]
The pale soft crumbly substance into which wood is converted by the action of certain fungi, esp. Polyporus squamosus, and which will burn for many hours when once ignited. L16.
Any of various bracket fungi, esp. Fomes fomentarius and Phellinus igniarius, used to make tinder; the tinder (amadou) made from such a fungus. L16.
A person who or thing which readily ignites (lit. & fig.); esp. an irascible or passionate person. Now rare. E17.