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  Word Explanations thermometer, lactation, vertex, meiosis, metamorphosis, mibefradil, immunocompromised, desmosome, formula, gonadotrophin


   
Explanation of thermometer (noun)
form plural: thermometers

instrument that is used to measure temperature

Sample of thermometer
Thermometers contain mercury.



   
Explanation of lactation (noun)
form plural: lactations

the secretion of milk by the mammary glands

Sample of lactation
Hormones such as oxytocin and prolactin control lactation.



   
Explanation of vertex (noun)
form plural: vertexes

the highest point of the skull; the top of the head

Sample of vertex
In practice many laboratories use two electrodes on the scalp, one at the vertex (midway centrally between the bridge of the nose and the inion, or bony bump at the base of the cranium), and one frontally, about two centimetres behind the hairline.



   
Explanation of meiosis (noun)
form: no plural

cellular division that produces reproductive cells with only half the number of chromosomes

Sample of meiosis
Meiosis is vital so that when the male and female gametes meet the number of chromosomes of the offspring remains the same as that of the parents.



   
Explanation of metamorphosis (noun)
form plural: metamorphoses

change in the form of an organism that occurs during development

Sample of metamorphosis
Larvae undergo metamorphosis to become butterflies.



   
Explanation of mibefradil (noun)
form: no plural

brand name for a drug that belongs to a group of medicines calcium channel blockers

Sample of mibefradil
Mibefradil is a T-type and L-type calcium channel blocker (CCB) released in the United States in 1997 for management of hypertension and chronic stable angina.



   
Explanation of immunocompromised (adjective)
forms: more immunocompromised; most immunocompromised

unable to resist disease

Sample of immunocompromised
People with AIDS are immunocompromised.



   
Explanation of desmosome (noun)
form plural: desmosomes

plaque that helps hold adjacent cells together

Sample of desmosome
Epithelial cells are held together by desmosomes.



   
Explanation of formula (noun)
forms plural: formulas; formulae

symbols showing what elements a compound contains

Sample of formula
The formula for calcium fluoride is CaF.



   
Explanation of gonadotrophin (noun)
form plural: gonadotrophins

hormone made in and released from the pituitary gland that act on the gonads (sex organs)

Sample of gonadotrophin
FSH is an example of a gonadotrophin.
If we give a woman controlled quantities of a substance called human gonadotrophin, we can make her produce ova to order, as it were.



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