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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Biochemistry Relating to or being a compound, such as hemoglobin, that is made up of a protein molecule and a nonprotein prosthetic group.
  • adjective Chemistry Having two or more double bonds in alternation with single bonds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.), (Chem.) formed by the union of two compounds.
  • adjective joined together especially in a pair or pairs.
  • adjective (Chem.) containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond; -- of an organic compound or of the double bonds thus arranged.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective joined together in pairs
  • adjective chemistry of an organic compound, or a part of such a compound, containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/ or lone pairs, each pair of which is separated by one single bond.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of conjugate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective formed by the union of two compounds
  • adjective of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond
  • adjective joined together especially in a pair or pairs

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Examples

  • Aprela contains an active ingredient found in the older drugs, known as conjugated estrogens, which are derived from the urine of pregnant horses.

    Pfizer Set to Seek Aprela Nod Peter Loftus 2012

  • Earlier studies have shown that cows on a diet of fresh grass produce milk with five times as much of an unsaturated fat called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) than cows fed processed grains.

    Arab Times Kuwait English Daily 2010

  • Scientists still don't know whether one form of estrogen made from horse urine, called conjugated equine estrogen, poses any greater health risks than estradiol, which comes from plants and is identical in structure to the estrogen made by the body.

    U.S. News 2009

  • In a paper published in the journal Microbiology, researchers from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health and from the MTT Agrifood Research Institute in Finland report initial studies showing that bacteria in the human gut convert linoleic acid, a naturally-occurring fat in the diet, into a form called conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) which is absorbed by the gut wall.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • ~ A Food Supplement That Could Prevent The Development Of Diabetes And Atherosclerosis -- Nutritional research is focusing on the effects of incorporating healthier fatty acids, such as conjugated linoleic acid CLA, into animal and human diets.

    Speedlinking 3/12/07 William Harryman 2007

  • The new vaccine antigens are linked or "conjugated" to a carrier protein to induce a more powerful immune response, making the vaccine more effective against all four strains, longer-lasting, and more easily boosted.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • The resveratrol molecule is metabolized or 'conjugated' by both the liver and small intestine into primarily two related metabolites: resveratrol glucuronide and resveratrol sulfate.

    Medindia Health News 2010

  • 1988 New 'conjugated' [joined together] HIB vaccine approved for use in children at least 18 months old in the United States.

    Articles of Health Robert O. Young D.Sc., Ph.D., NMD 2009

  • On the idea of "Taking the Pain Out of the Past," Milch quotes a teacher of his who says that, "This process that we artists undertake is the process by which everything which seems merely fanciful and is imprisoned in the past, in its seeming unrecoverability, is once again brought to life and conjugated into the future tense of story."

    Jen Grisanti: Moving Into the Greater Good of Your Story Jen Grisanti 2012

  • On the idea of "Taking the Pain Out of the Past," Milch quotes a teacher of his who says that, "This process that we artists undertake is the process by which everything which seems merely fanciful and is imprisoned in the past, in its seeming unrecoverability, is once again brought to life and conjugated into the future tense of story."

    Jen Grisanti: Moving Into the Greater Good of Your Story Jen Grisanti 2012

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