regulator : Idioms & Phrases


cystic fibrosis transport regulator

  • noun the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis
    CFTR.
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Feed regulator

  • a device for graduating the operation of a feeder. Knight.
Webster 1913

growth regulator

  • noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
    phytohormone; plant hormone.
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regulator gene

  • noun a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
    regulatory gene.
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voltage regulator

  • noun a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted
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