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CONVOLUTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
Example:
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
Synonyms:
Byzantine; convoluted; involved; knotty; tangled; tortuous
Classified under:
Similar:
complex (complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts)
Sense 2
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)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb convolute
Context examples:
Clofenamide inhibits CA, thereby preventing sodium, bicarbonate and thus water reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule resulting in diuresis.
(Clofenamide, 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)
Disulfamide inhibits CA, thereby preventing sodium, bicarbonate and thus water reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubule resulting in diuresis.
(Disulfamide, 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)
