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Meaning 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

Example
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.

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

Example
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.

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Meaning of osteo- (preffix)
of bone

Example
Osteoblasts make new bone.

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

epiphysis

Example
The pineal gland lies in the midbrain.

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Meaning of tendon (noun)
form plural: tendons

connective tissue between a muscle and a bone

Example
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.

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

Example
The pleural cavity is the potential space between the pleural membranes.

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Meaning of glucosamine (noun)
form: no plural

an amino sugar

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

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

to make hard by forming mineral deposits

Example
If bones fail to calcify they become very soft.

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Meaning of cotyledon (noun)
form plural: cotyledons

seed leaf of the embryo of a plant

Example
The cotyledon contains food ready for germination.

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Meaning of auditory (adjective)
relating to hearing

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

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