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mass defect (medicine) and Tenrec (medicine)


mass defect (medicine)


mass defect
<chemistry, radiobiology> Of a nucleus, the difference between the sum of the masses of the constituent nucleons and the mass of the nucleus.


Tenrec (medicine)


tenrec
<zoology> A small insectivore (Centetes ecaudatus), native of Madagascar, but introduced also into the islands of Bourbon and Mauritius; called also tanrec. The name is applied to Other allied genera. See Tendrac.

Origin: From the native name: cf. F. Tanrac, tanrec, tandrec.

Source: Websters Dictionary