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LEAFLET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin triangular flap of a heart valve
Synonyms:
cusp; leaflet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leaflet" is a kind of...):
flap (a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body)
Holonyms ("leaflet" is a part of...):
cardiac valve; heart valve (a valve to control one-way flow of blood)
Derivation:
leaf (hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small book usually having a paper cover
Synonyms:
booklet; brochure; folder; leaflet; pamphlet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("leaflet" is a kind of...):
book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leaflet"):
blue book (a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations)
ticket book (a book of tickets that can be torn out and used)
Derivation:
leaf (a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Part of a compound leaf
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leaflet" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "leaflet"):
pinna; pinnule (division of a usually pinnately divided leaf)
Derivation:
leaf (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb leaflet
Context examples:
Issue associated with the heart valve leaflet not closing properly.
(Incomplete Coaptation Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)
A yellowish to pinkish colored, synthetic leaflet material. p-Chloro-o-toluidine is used in industry in the manufacture of azo dyes and is used in the production of the pesticide chlordimeform.
(p-Chloro-o-toluidine, NCI Thesaurus)
He talked with a quartermaster off duty, an intelligent man who promptly prodded him with the socialist propaganda and forced into his hands a bunch of leaflets and pamphlets.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A yellow colored, combustible leaflet material that emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides when heated to decomposition.
(Michler's Base, NCI Thesaurus)
N-Myristoylation is the covalent attachment of myristic acid, a saturated 14-carbon fatty acid inserted in the cytoplasmic leaflet of the lipid bilayer, by an amide linkage to the amino-terminal glycine residue of a protein in order to increase the hydrophobicity of some membrane proteins or to promote membrane localization of some cytoplasmic proteins.
(N-Myristoylation, NCI Thesaurus)
The phospholipid PS is normally located on the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane of healthy cells but is flipped to the outer leaflet in the endothelial lining of the tumor vasculature and other tumor cells in response to chemo- or radio- treatments in addition to oxidative stress.
(Iodine I 124 Anti-phosphatidylserine Monoclonal Antibody PGN650, NCI Thesaurus)
Scott Poethig, a plant biologist at Penn, and Aaron Leichty of the University of California, Davis, show that as part of an age-dependent phenomenon in plant development, the acacias develop the traits necessary to feed the ant colony: hollow, swollen thorns to house them; and nectaries and nutrient-rich leaflet tips called Beltian bodies to feed them.
(Between ants and acacias, timing is everything, National Science Foundation)
