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Definition of cyst (noun)
form plural: cysts

a membrane lined vesicle or sac

Examples
Cysts can grow on the surface or deep inside anatomical structures.

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Definition of bond (noun)
form plural: bonds

the attractive force that connects atoms together as a molecule or ions as a crystal

Examples
Bonds can be single, double or covalent.

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Definition of gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) (noun)
form: no plural

a sensitive method for analyzing liquid mixtures

Examples
An application of GLC is measuring the alcohol level in blood or urine.

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Definition of half-life (noun)
form: no plural

the time taken for the body to excrete half a given amount of drug; the time taken for half of the atoms in a radioactive sample to decay

Examples
A half-life of a chemical reaction is the time taken for the concentration of one of the reactants to fall by half.

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Definition of coccus (noun)
form plural: cocci

spherical-shaped bacterium

Examples
Staphylococci are gram-positive cocci.

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Definition of electron microscope (noun)
form plural: electron microscopes

microscope which can magnify an object over 250; 000 times so that you can see the fine details of cells

Examples
The electron microscope is a powerful invention which has helped study cell structure closely.

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Definition of antigen (noun)
form plural: antigens

any substance the body reacts to as foreign or harmful, by producing an antibody against it

Examples
Most antigens are large proteins or carbohydrate.

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Definition of coma (noun)
form: no plural

unconscious state

Examples
A person in a coma is not dead.

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Definition of headache (noun)
form plural: headaches

pain in the head area

Examples
Painkillers are useful if you have a headache.

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Definition of charge (noun)
form: no plural

chracteristic of matter resposnsible for all electric phenomena; the measurement of this charactersitic

Examples
The difference between the number of electrons and the number of valence elctrons of an atom is the formal charge.

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