ExpertGlossary terms starting with Z

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  1. zoonotic disease or infection An infection or infectious disease that may be transmitted from vertebrate animals (Such as a rodent) to humans.
  2. Zoophilic Zoophilic mosquitoes are mosquitoes that prefer to take blood meals on animals.
  3. Zooplankton Animals (mostly microscopic) that drift freely in the water column.
  4. zoospore A spore that possesses flagella and is therefore motile.
  5. zosuquidar trihydrochloride (ZOH-soo-KWIH-dar try-HY-droh-KLOR-ide) A substance being studied in the treatment of cancer.
  6. ZR Freezing Rain
  7. zug bug A type of wet fly or fly pattern commonly used by fly fishers in lakes.
  8. ZULU Time Zone Indicator for Universal Time.
  9. Zulu (Z) Time For practical purposes, the same as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The notation formerly used to identify time Greenwich MeanTime.
  10. Zulu Time (Z) Means Coordinated Universal Time (UTC); the international time standard kept at Greenwich, England.
  11. Zurich Sunspot Classification In solar-terrestrial terms, a sunspot classification system that has been modified for SESC use.
  12. zygonema Stage of meiotic prophase during which chromosome synapsis occurs.
  13. zygospore A thick-walled resistant spore developing from a zygote resulting from the fusion of gamete s in the course of isogamy.
  14. Zygote The diploid cell formed by the fusion of two haploid gamete s during fertilization in eukaryotic organisms with sexual reproduction.
  15. zygotene (adj.) See: zygonema.
  16. zymogen Inactive enzyme precursor that after secretion is chemically altered to the active form of the enzyme.
  17. Zyprexa (zy-PREK-suh) A drug used to treat certain mental disorders. It is also being studied in the treatment of nausea and vomiting caused by some cancer…
  18. Zyprexa Zydis (zy-PREK-suh ZY-dis) A drug used to treat certain mental disorders. It is also being studied in the treatment of nausea and vomiting caused by some cancer…