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

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Meaning of biotin (noun)
form plural: biotins

part of the vitamin B complex

Example
Biotin is found in eggs and yeast.

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Meaning of hysterectomy (noun)
form plural: hysterectomies

a surgical operation where the womb is removed

Example
Hysterectomy may be performed for cancer of the uterus.
The average age of menopause in those who had not had a hysterectomy was 48 years (range 42 to 59) and they were 5 years (mean; range 1 to 18) postmenopausal at the time of the study.

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Meaning of gas (noun)
form plural: gases

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

Example
Examples of gases include oxygen, hydrogen and helium.

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Meaning of patella (noun)
form plural: patellae

knee cap

Example
The patella is very mobile.

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

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

Example
The freezing point of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Meaning of cerebral infarction (noun)
form: no plural

the death of brain tissue due to inadequate blood flow

Example
The patient suffered a cerebral infarction and was paralyzed.
The triggering event in myocardial or cerebral infarction is not the atherosclerotic lesion of the blood vessel wall but the obstruction of the artery by a thrombus.

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Meaning of rib cage (noun)
form plural: ribcages

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

Example
The rib cage protects the lungs and heart.

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Meaning of lysis (noun)
form plural: lyses

disintegration; destruction

Example
Lysosomes play a role in cell and organelle lysis.
In addition to antibiotics, it should be recognised that enzymes are microbial products which could also be involved in the biocontrol action, for example, by causing the lysis of the cell walls of pathogens during the phenomenon of mycoparasitism.

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Meaning of facilitated diffusion (noun)
form: no plural

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

Example
Facilitated diffusion does not require energy.

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

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

Example
The secondary structure of a protein sheet may be that of an alpha helix or a beta pleated sheet.

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