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  Word Explanations heart disease, ketoconazole, osteo-, pineal gland, tendon, pleural, glucosamine, calcify, cotyledon, auditory


   
Explanation of heart disease (noun)
form plural: heart diseases

illness with the following symptoms: shortness of breath, palpitations (skipped beats or a 'flip-flop' feeling in the chest); weakness or dizziness; nausea, sweating

Sample of heart disease
Several studies have reported a positive association with ischaemic heart disease, but after correction for the effect of cholesterol serum triglyceride does not appear to be an independent risk factor.



   
Explanation of ketoconazole (noun)
generic drug that treats infection caused by a fungus

Sample of ketoconazole
Ketoconazole cream is used to treat tinea corporis (ringworm; fungal skin infection that causes a red scaly rash on different parts of the body), tinea cruris (jock itch; fungal infection of the skin in the groin or buttocks), tinea pedis (athlete's foot; fungal infection of the skin on the feet and between the toes), tinea versicolor (fungal infection that causes brown or light colored spots on the chest, back, arms, legs, or neck), and yeast infections of the skin.



   
Explanation of osteo- (preffix)
of bone

Sample of osteo-
Osteoblasts make new bone.



   
Explanation of pineal gland (noun)
form plural: pineal glands

epiphysis

Sample of pineal gland
The pineal gland lies in the midbrain.



   
Explanation of tendon (noun)
form plural: tendons

connective tissue between a muscle and a bone

Sample of tendon
The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body.
Infection or inflammation of a tendon is called tendonitis.
At a gallop, the amount of strain on a horse's fore tendon is very near to its maximum capacity and any further loading leads to progressive damage to the tendon fibres resulting in extreme cases of tendon rupture.



   
Explanation of pleural (adjective)
relating to athin serous membrane that covers the lung

Sample of pleural
The pleural cavity is the potential space between the pleural membranes.



   
Explanation of glucosamine (noun)
form: no plural

an amino sugar

Sample of glucosamine
Glucosamine is present in chitin which makes up the hard exoskeleton in insects, arthropods and crustacean.



   
Explanation of calcify (verb)
forms: calcified; calcified; calcifying

to make hard by forming mineral deposits

Sample of calcify
If bones fail to calcify they become very soft.



   
Explanation of cotyledon (noun)
form plural: cotyledons

seed leaf of the embryo of a plant

Sample of cotyledon
The cotyledon contains food ready for germination.



   
Explanation of auditory (adjective)
relating to hearing

Sample of auditory
The auditory canals are the internal and external passages in the ear that help us hear.



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