Lexic.us

Definition of Compartment

1. Noun. A space into which an area is subdivided.

2. Noun. A partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area.

Definition of Compartment

1. n. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

Definition of Compartment

1. Noun. A room, or section, or chamber ¹

2. Noun. One of the parts in which an area is subdivided. ¹

3. Noun. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Compartment

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Compartment

1. In the insect wing, for example: there are two compartments, anterior and posterior, each containing several clones, but clones do not cross the boundary. It seems from studies with homoeotic mutants that cells in different compartments are expressing different sets of genes. The evidence for such developmental compartments in vertebrates is sparse at present. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compartment

comparingly comparison comparison-shop comparison-shopper comparison-shopping comparison shop comparison shopper comparison shopping comparisonitis comparisons

compart comparted comparting compartition compartitions compartment (current term) compartment pressure compartment syndrome compartment syndromes compartmental

compartmental model compartmental syndrome compartmentalisation compartmentalise compartmentalised compartmentalises compartmentalising compartmentalization compartmentalizations compartmentalize

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