phenylthiocarbamide

phenylthiocarbamide

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phen·yl·thio·car·ba·mide .fen-əl-.thī-ō-'kär-bə-.mīd n a crystalline compound C7H8N2S that is extremely bitter or tasteless depending on the presence or absence of a single dominant gene in the taster called also phenylthiourea, PTC

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(PTC)
n.
a substance that tastes bitter to some individuals but is tasteless to others. Response to PTC appears to be controlled by a single pair of genes (allele): ability to taste PTC is dominant to the inability to taste it.

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phen·yl·thio·car·ba·mide (fen″əl-thi″o-kahrґbə-mīd) phenylthiourea.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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