Akademik

terminus
A boundary or limit. [L.]
- C t. the end of a peptide or protein having a free carboxyl (—COOH) group.
- termini generales general terms; words that are of general use in descriptive anatomy.
- N t. amino- terminal.

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ter·mi·nus 'tər-mə-nəs n, pl -ni -.nī, -.nē also -nus·es an end or ending esp. of a molecular chain, a chromosome, or a process of a nerve cell

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ter·mi·nus (turґmĭ-nəs) pl. terґmini [L.“boundary”] a terminal or ending.

Medical dictionary. 2011.