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(flavo-) combining form denoting yellow.
From flavus, Latin for yellow. A 2-benzene ring, 15-carbon molecule, it is formed by many plants (in many forms) for a variety of oxidative-redox enzyme reactions. Brightly pigmented compounds that make many fruits and berries yellow, red, and purple, and that are considered in European medicine to strengthen and aid capillary and blood vessel integrity, they are sometimes (redundantly) called bioflavonoids.... flavonoids
(Latin) Feminine form of Flavius; a yellow-haired woman Flaviah, Flavea, Flaviya, Fulvia, Fulvea, Fulviya, Flaveah, Flaviyah, Fulviah, Fulveah, Fulviyah, Fulvie, Fulvi, Fulvy, Fulvey, Fulvee... flavia
See ANTISEPTICS.... flavine
see FAD.... flavin adenine dinucleotide
see FMN.... flavin mononucleotide
n. any member of a genus (and family) of *arboviruses that cause a wide range of diseases in vertebrates (including humans). Transmitted by ticks or mosquitoes, these include *yellow fever, *dengue, *Kyasanur Forest disease, *Russian spring-summer encephalitis, and *West Nile fever.... flavivirus
n. a compound consisting of a protein bound to either *FAD or *FMN (called flavins). Flavoproteins are constituents of several enzyme systems involved in intermediary metabolism.... flavoprotein
an important posterior ligament of the spine, which is thickened and yellowish in colour and joins the *laminae of adjacent vertebrae.... ligamentum flavum
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