
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.
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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.
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Description of convulsions (noun: only plural) fits
Samples of convulsions Epilepsy is an illness where the patient has convulsions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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