substrate

substrate

 [sub´strāt]

1. any substance upon which an enzyme acts.

2. a neutral substance containing a nutrient solution.

3. a surface upon which a different material is deposited or adhered, usually in a coating or layer.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

sub·strate (S),

(sŭb'strāt),

1. The substance acted on and changed by an enzyme; the reactant considered to be attacked in a chemical reaction.

2. That on which an organism lives or grows (for example, the substrate on which microorganisms and cells grow in cell culture).

[L. sub-sterno, pp. -stratus, to spread under]

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substrate

(sŭb′strāt′)

n.

1. The material or substance on which an enzyme acts.

2. Biology A surface on which an organism grows or is attached.

3. An underlying layer; a substratum.

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substrate

Psychiatry The mental and/or emotional basis on which a particular response occurs. See Suicide substrate.

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

sub·strate

(S) (sŭb'strāt)

1. The substance acted on and changed by an enzyme; the reactant considered to be attacked in a chemical reaction.

2. The base on which an organism lives or grows, e.g., the substrate on which microorganisms and cells grow in cell culture.

[L. sub-sterno, pp. -stratus, to spread under]

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substrate

The substance on which an ENZYME acts. Any reactant in a reaction that is catalyzed by an enzyme.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

substrate

1. the medium on which an organism (especially a microorganism) can grow.
2. the solid object to which a plant is attached, such as a rock forming the substrate for a seaweed STIPE.
3. any substance on which an enzyme can act.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

sub·strate

(sŭb'strāt)

1. Substance acted on and changed by an enzyme.

2. That on which an organism lives or grows (e.g., substrate on which microorganisms and cells grow in cell culture).

[L. sub-sterno, pp. -stratus, to spread under]

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