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Meaning of microscope, immunization, contraceptive, magnetize, exocytosis, palpate, prophase, autotrophic, sprain, reflex action

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Meaning of microscope (noun)
form plural: microscopes

an instrument used to magnify small objects so that they can be seen much better than with your eye

Example
You can visualize parts of a cell with a microscope.

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Meaning of immunization (noun)
form: no plural

vaccination

Example
Many people believe immunization may have serious side effects.
Measures to increase people's resistance to infection are also important in prevention, and it is in this context that immunization has played such a major role.

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Meaning of contraceptive (noun)
form plural: contraceptives

device prevents pregnancy

Example
The contraceptive pill was first used in the 1960's.

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Meaning of magnetize (verb)
forms: magnetized; magnetized; magnetizing

to make an object attract iron or steel

Example
You can magnetize steel by rubbing it with a magnet.

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Meaning of exocytosis (noun)
form: no plural

process where substances are ejected from a cell

Example
Vesicles fuse with the cellular membrane and eject their content outside the cell by exocytosis.

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Meaning of palpate (verb)
forms: palpated; palpated; palpating

to beat

Example
His heart was palpating loudly in his chest.

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Meaning of prophase (noun)
form plural: prophases

stage of the cell cycle where chromosomes line up to make pairs

Example
In the human female, meiosis commences towards the end of the first trimester of fetal development and, with increasing gestational age, more and more cells enter the prophase stages of leptotene, zygotene and pachytene.

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Meaning of autotrophic (adjective)
related to organisms converting sunlight into energy

Example
Autotrophic organisms are plants that don't need an exogenous supply of organic nutrition.
Autotrophic organisms make their food from inorganic compounds, e.g. nitrogen.

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Meaning of sprain (noun)
form plural: sprains

a ligament injury due to strain or excess stretching

Example
'Don't worry! I didn't fracture anything. It's just a sprain!'
There was a nasty sprain which needed an X-ray, a query appendix for the surgical reg and a couple of cuts and other minor injuries which needed cleaning up and suturing.

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Meaning of reflex action (noun)
form plural: reflex actions

a stereotyped and non-voluntary response that occurs in response to a stimulus

Example
Constriction of the pupil in response to light is a reflex action.

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