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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



   
Explanation of lactation (noun)
form plural: lactations

the secretion of milk by the mammary glands



   
Explanation of vertex (noun)
form plural: vertexes

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



   
Explanation of meiosis (noun)
form: no plural

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



   
Explanation of metamorphosis (noun)
form plural: metamorphoses

change in the form of an organism that occurs during development



   
Explanation of mibefradil (noun)
form: no plural

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



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

unable to resist disease



   
Explanation of desmosome (noun)
form plural: desmosomes

plaque that helps hold adjacent cells together



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

symbols showing what elements a compound contains



   
Explanation of gonadotrophin (noun)
form plural: gonadotrophins

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



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