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CONVOLUTE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rolled longitudinally upon itself
Example:
a convolute petal
Synonyms:
convolute; convoluted
Classified under:
Similar:
coiled (curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals))
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they convolute ... he / she / it convolutes
Past simple: convoluted
Past participle: convoluted
-ing form: convoluting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
Example:
Don't twist my words
Synonyms:
convolute; pervert; sophisticate; twist; twist around
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "convolute" is one way to...):
denote; refer (have as a meaning)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Curl, wind, or twist together
Synonyms:
convolute; convolve
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "convolute" is one way to...):
bend; deform; flex; turn; twist (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
convolution (the action of coiling or twisting or winding together)
Context examples:
Chlorthalidone directly inhibits sodium and chloride reabsorption on the luminal membrane of the early segment in the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) in the kidney.
(Chlorthalidone, NCI Thesaurus)
Similar to the thiazides, metolazone acts on the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and inhibits the sodium-chloride symporter, thereby preventing sodium and chloride reabsorption and excretion of water.
(Metolazone, NCI Thesaurus)
The U-shaped portion of the nephron between the proximal and distal convoluted tubules with descending, ascending, and thick ascending limbs which sets up a concentration gradient in the medulla.
(Henle's Loop, NCI Thesaurus)
The V2 receptor is expressed in the kidney tubule, predominantly in the distal convoluted tubule and collecting ducts, where its primary property is to respond to the pituitary hormone arginine vasopressin (AVP) by stimulating mechanisms that concentrate the urine and maintain water homeostasis in the organism.
(Arginine Vasopressin Receptor 2, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
An area of densely packed modified epithelial cells lining the wall of the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney that is adjacent to the afferent arteriole just before it enters the glomerulus and is in direct apposition to the juxtaglomerular cells.
(Macula Densa, NCI Thesaurus)
