Medical Term:
coupling
Pronunciation: kŭp′ling
Definition:
- The result of the repeated pairing of a normal sinus beat with a ventricular extrasystole.
- A condition in which one or more products of a reaction are the subsequent reactants (or substrates) of a second reaction.
- The covalent bonding of one molecular entity to another.
- An interaction between different parts of a system, between groups in a molecule.
- The linking of electron trnasport to oxidative phosphorylation.
See: coupling phase
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