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Definition of Tunicin

1. n. Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.

Definition of Tunicin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom. ¹

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Definition of Tunicin

1. a gelatinous substance [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tunicin

1. Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tunicin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1884)
"... and then the antiseptic liquid is allowed to flow in, by which means a perfect impregnation of the wood by the liquid is effected.1 tunicin ..."

2. A Text-book of Chemical Physiology and Pathology by William Dobinson Halliburton (1891)
"tunicin Cellulose is found in very few places in the animal kingdom ; it composes the tunic of the ascidians or tunicates, and it is there call*! ..."

3. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"TISSUES WHICH YIELD CHITIN, SPONGIN, tunicin, AND HYALIN. The tissues of many groups of invertebrate animals contain certain of the proximate principles ..."

4. A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body: Including an by Arthur Gamgee (1880)
"TISSUES WHICH YIELD CHITIN, SPONGIN, tunicin, AND HYALIN. The tissues of many groups of invertebrate animals contain certain of the proximate principles ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"... the compounds which are formed are liable to explode during their preparation. (1106) tunicin ..."

6. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"It is called tunicin. Vegetable Mucus, or Mucilage, is found in many plants, particularly in the roots of the althaea, the linseed, quince- seeds, etc. ..."

7. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"It is called tunicin. Vegetable Mucus, or Mucilage, is found in many plants, particularly in the roots of the althaea, the linseed, quince- seeds, etc. ..."

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