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  Word Explanations lactate, digest, be shed, excrete, ingest, gas laws, follicle, atrophy, disinfect, displace


   
Explanation of lactate (verb)
forms: lactated; lactated; lactating

to secrete milk

Sample of lactate
Mothers lactate after giving birth so that they can feed their young.



   
Explanation of digest (verb)
forms: digested; digested; digesting

to break down food into a form that can be used by the body

Sample of digest
Humans need to digest large amounts of food every day to live.



   
Explanation of be shed (verb)
forms: was shed, were shed; has been shed, have been shed; being shed

to be eliminated

Sample of be shed
The endometrial lining (endometrium) is shed at menstruation.



   
Explanation of excrete (verb)
forms: excreted; excreted; excreting

to get rid of waste from the body

Sample of excrete
Sweat glands excrete water and salts (sweat).



   
Explanation of ingest (verb)
forms: ingested; ingested; ingesting

to take in

Sample of ingest
Food is ingested through the mouth in humans.



   
Explanation of gas laws (noun)
form: only plural

the laws that describe the behavior of ideal gases according to the ideal gas equation

Sample of gas laws
Examples of two gas laws are Boyle's law and Avogadro's law.



   
Explanation of follicle (noun)
form plural: follicles

a small secretory cavity, gland or sac

Sample of follicle
FSH stimulates follicles to ripen in the ovary.



   
Explanation of atrophy (verb)
forms: atrophied; atrophied; atrophying

to shrink; to degenerate; to reduce

Sample of atrophy
Muscles atrophy if they are not used.



   
Explanation of disinfect (verb)
forms: disinfected; disinfected; disinfecting

to clean something so that there are no microbes present

Sample of disinfect
Hospitals need to be disinfected regularly.



   
Explanation of displace (verb)
forms: displaced; displaced; displacing

to move something out of position

Sample of displace
If a bone is displaced from its usual position with the joint we say the joint is dislocated.



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