a salt of tellurous acid, as sodium tellurite, Na2TeO3
2.
a rare mineral, tellurium dioxide, TeO2
Word origin
[1790–1800; tellur(ium) or tellur(ous) + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cannibalism, cutout, infiltration, standby, stereotype-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)
Examples of 'tellurite' in a sentence
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The structure, microstructure and photoluminescence properties of the resulting transparent tellurite ceramics are characterized.
Morgane Dolhen, Masayuki Tanaka, Vincent Couderc, Sébastien Chenu, Gaëlle Delaizir,Tomokatsu Hayakawa, Julie Cornette, François Brisset, Maggy Colas, Philippe Thomas,Jean-René Duclère 2018, 'Nd3+-doped transparent tellurite ceramics bulk lasers', Scientific Reportshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s41598-018-22922-5. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The tellurium oxyanion tellurite induces oxidative stress in most microorganisms.
Juan M Sandoval, Felipe A Arenas, Claudio C Vásquez 2011, 'Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase protects Escherichia coli from tellurite-mediatedoxidative stress.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3184162?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Physiological and metabolic responses of cells to tellurite varied among strains.
Chris Maltman, Vladimir Yurkov 2015, 'The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophsand Their Strategies for Reduction', Microorganismshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/3/4/826. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The increase suggests a possible benefit from tellurite.
Chris Maltman, Vladimir Yurkov 2015, 'The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophsand Their Strategies for Reduction', Microorganismshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/3/4/826. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two distinct strategies to tellurite reduction were identified.
Chris Maltman, Vladimir Yurkov 2015, 'The Effect of Tellurite on Highly Resistant Freshwater Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophsand Their Strategies for Reduction', Microorganismshttp://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/3/4/826. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report our recent progress on fabricating dehydrated tellurite glass fibers.
Xian Feng, Jindan Shi, Martha Segura, Nicolas M. White, Pradeesh Kannan, Laurent Calvez,Xianghua Zhang, Laurent Brilland, Wei H. Loh 2013, 'Towards Water-Free Tellurite Glass Fiber for 2–5 μm Nonlinear Applications', Fibershttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-6439/1/3/70. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Potassium tellurite was added to cultures in order to obtain a final 3.9 micromolar concentration.
Jana Aradská, Roman Šmidák, Lenka Turkovičová, Ján Turňa, Gert Lubec 2013, 'Proteomic Differences between Tellurite-Sensitive and Tellurite–Resistant E.coli',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0078010. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In conclusion, using tellurite like an adjuvant could be of great help to cope with several multi-resistant pathogens.
Roberto C Molina-Quiroz, Claudia M Muñoz-Villagrán, Erick de la Torre, Juan C Tantaleán,Claudio C Vásquez, José M Pérez-Donoso 2012, 'Enhancing the antibiotic antibacterial effect by sub lethal tellurite concentrations:tellurite and cefotaxime act synergistically in Escherichia coli.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3334966?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)