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Definition of malnutrition (noun)
form: no plural

a state of poor nourishment resulting from a lack of food or essential nutrients

Examples
Malnutrition is common in starving people.

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Definition of actinide series (noun)
form: only plural

15 radioactive elements

Examples
Atomic numbers of the actinide series increases from actinium to lawrencium.

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Definition of convulsions (noun)
form: only plural

fits

Examples
Epilepsy is an illness where the patient has convulsions.

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Definition of muscle (noun)
form plural: muscles

body tissue made of groups of muscle fibers that contract to allow movement

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There are 3 muscle types: smooth, striated and cardiac.

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Definition of carbon dioxide (noun)
form plural: carbon dioxides

gas used by plants in photosynthesis and made in respiration

Examples
A high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood stimulates respiration.

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Definition of cyclase (noun)
form plural: cyclases

enzymes which change nucleotides to a cyclic form

Examples
ATP is changed to cyclic AMP by adenylate cyclase.

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Definition of tidal volume (noun)
form: no plural

volume of air in the lung

Examples
The tidal volume refers to the amount of air being inhaled and exhaled with each breath.

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Definition of course (noun)
form plural: courses

trend; development; route

Examples
The patient gradually got worse despite the course of treatment.
The illness took its course and soon the patient died.

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Definition of meiosis (noun)
form: no plural

cellular division that produces reproductive cells with only half the number of chromosomes

Examples
Meiosis is vital so that when the male and female gametes meet the number of chromosomes of the offspring remains the same as that of the parents.

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Definition of dioxide (noun)
form plural: dioxides

a compound with 2 oxygen atoms in it

Examples
Carbon dioxide is an example of a dioxide gas.

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