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  Word Explanations biotin, hysterectomy, gas, patella, freezing point, cerebral infarction, rib cage, lysis, facilitated diffusion, secondary structure


   
Explanation of biotin (noun)
form plural: biotins

part of the vitamin B complex



   
Explanation of hysterectomy (noun)
form plural: hysterectomies

a surgical operation where the womb is removed



   
Explanation of gas (noun)
form plural: gases

a substance which exists in a vapor form at room temperature (neither a liquid nor a solid)



   
Explanation of patella (noun)
form plural: patellae

knee cap



   
Explanation of freezing point (noun)
form plural: freezing points

temperature at which a liquid turns to a solid at a particular pressure



   
Explanation of cerebral infarction (noun)
form: no plural

the death of brain tissue due to inadequate blood flow



   
Explanation of rib cage (noun)
form plural: ribcages

the bony cavity of the chest formed by the costa and sternum



   
Explanation of lysis (noun)
form plural: lyses

disintegration; destruction



   
Explanation of facilitated diffusion (noun)
form: no plural

passive process where a carrier protein helps a molecule such as glucose move through the plasma membrane



   
Explanation of secondary structure (noun)
form plural: secondary structures

the coiling of the peptide chains in a protein in specific ways



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