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| Explanation of thermometer (noun) form plural: thermometers instrument that is used to measure temperature Sample of thermometer Thermometers contain mercury.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| Explanation of immunocompromised (adjective) forms: more immunocompromised; most immunocompromised unable to resist disease Sample of immunocompromised People with AIDS are immunocompromised.
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| Explanation of desmosome (noun) form plural: desmosomes plaque that helps hold adjacent cells together Sample of desmosome Epithelial cells are held together by desmosomes.
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| 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.
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| 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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