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  Word Descriptions malnutrition, actinide series, convulsions, muscle, carbon dioxide, cyclase, tidal volume, course, meiosis, dioxide


   
Description of malnutrition (noun: no plural)
a state of poor nourishment resulting from a lack of food or essential nutrients

Samples of malnutrition
Malnutrition is common in starving people.



   
Description of actinide series (noun: only plural)
15 radioactive elements

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



   
Description of convulsions (noun: only plural)
fits

Samples of convulsions
Epilepsy is an illness where the patient has convulsions.



   
Description of muscle (noun: plural: muscles)
body tissue made of groups of muscle fibers that contract to allow movement

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



   
Description of carbon dioxide (noun: plural: carbon dioxides)
gas used by plants in photosynthesis and made in respiration

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



   
Description of cyclase (noun: plural: cyclases)
enzymes which change nucleotides to a cyclic form

Samples of cyclase
ATP is changed to cyclic AMP by adenylate cyclase.



   
Description of tidal volume (noun: no plural)
volume of air in the lung

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



   
Description of course (noun: plural: courses)
trend; development; route

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



   
Description of meiosis (noun: no plural)
cellular division that produces reproductive cells with only half the number of chromosomes

Samples of meiosis
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.



   
Description of dioxide (noun: plural: dioxides)
a compound with 2 oxygen atoms in it

Samples of dioxide
Carbon dioxide is an example of a dioxide gas.



  Determinations of the words malnutrition, actinide series, convulsions, muscle, carbon dioxide, cyclase, tidal volume, course, meiosis, dioxide

  Preparation book: Management of Severe Malnutrition

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