Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In algebra, one of several factors entering into the same expression: thus, a coefficient is a constant co-factor.
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Examples
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Identification of this co-factor was turned over to Lohmann at the direction of Meyerhof.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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Karl Meyer, who also worked for Meyerhof, had just found the co-factor related to lactic acid formation while attempting to extract enzymes from frog muscle.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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This may indicate a co-factor effect e.g., thimerosal that operates to a greater degree elsewhere. . .
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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This may indicate a co-factor effect e.g., thimerosal that operates to a greater degree elsewhere. . .
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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This may indicate a co-factor effect e.g., thimerosal that operates to a greater degree elsewhere. . .
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Lohmann identified the co-factor as a combination of Embden's
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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They have elected to receive the co-factor and that process will begin as soon as the Phoenix arrives.
Lawnmower Season 2010
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Another problem is willful deception by those taking the polls, but this is not a very big factor, and most analyses do include willful deceptionn (lying) as a co-factor ... or they should.
Poll: Hillary With Wide National Lead For Dems, Beats Rudy In General 2009
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Or you go to a doctor because "you feel crappy" and he says, well, you need more Unobtainium metal co-factor for your Vitamin F.
A really nice Christmas/Chanakuh/Festivus, etc. present for someone... frankwu 2007
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Selenium is a co-factor for the enzyme glutathione peroxidase.
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