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Meaning of insecticide, antibiotic, prednisone, analgesic, trophoblast, treponema pallidum, tetanus, fungicidal, hemorrhage, catecholamines

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Meaning of insecticide (adjective)
forms: more insecticidal; most insecticidal; the most insecticidal

having the ability to kill insects

Example
Many insecticidal chemicals are not used any more in the U.S. because they can harm humans as well.
Darkened traps are given various animal and insecticide odours which dupes the fly into thinking that it is biting a cow.

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Meaning of antibiotic (adjective)
form plural: antibiotics

a substance that destroys bacteria

Example
Antibiotic drugs have bactericidal properties.
It is unwise for general practitioners and the staff of casualty departments to delay giving antibiotic treatment until a lumbar puncture has been performed, such a response may prove fatal.

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Meaning of prednisone (noun)
form: no plural

dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant

Example
Prednisone is a very strong medication, and must be administered under a physician's prescription and close surveillance.

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Meaning of analgesic (adjective)
forms: more analgesic; most analgesic; less analgesic; least analgesic

pain-killing properties

Example
Acetaminophen is an analgesic drug. It would seem reasonable to call a drug an analgesic for a rat if it delays the time when the rat licks its feet when parked on a hot plate.

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Meaning of trophoblast (noun)
form plural: trophoblasts

the outer layer of cells in a blastocyst

Example
The trophoblast becomes the chorion and then the placenta in man.
Trophoblast is physiologically shed into the maternal circulation, whereas, in early pregnancy, NFEs (nucleated fetal erythrocytes) are the most common type of nucleated fetal cell in the fetal circulation.

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Meaning of treponema pallidum (noun)
form plural: treponema pallidums

the flagellate organism that causes syphilis

Example
Treponema pallidum is a sexually transmitted agent.

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Meaning of tetanus (noun)
disease caused by bacteria entering wounds

Example
Tetanus can cause painful contraction of the jaws called 'lockjaw'.

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Meaning of fungicidal (adjective)
forms: more fungicidal; most fungicidal

able to kill or inhibit the growth of sporing organisms

Example
Some antibiotics are fungicidal.

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Meaning of hemorrhage (noun)
form plural: hemorrhages

blood loss due to vessel wall damage

Example
Rupture of a major blood vessel will lead to massive hemorrhage.

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Meaning of catecholamines (noun)
form: only plural

the hormones adrenaline and noradrenaline that are made and secreted by the adrenals

Example
Catecholamines are released in reaction to stress.

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