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Meaning of allergy, oncology, intestine, hypochondria, formaldehyde, nitroglycerin, azole antifungal, multiply, urea, aliphatic

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Meaning of allergy (noun)
form plural: allergies

hypersensitivity reaction

Example
People who are especially at risk include those who are unable to move, perhaps because of a stroke, those with contracted limbs which could be a result of an arthritic condition, people with a known skin condition or allergy and those who are debilitated or undernourished, where there is little flesh between the skin and the bone.

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Meaning of oncology (noun)
form: no plural

branch of medicine that concerns cancer

Example
In general, oncology is the term denoting the "medical" science of cancer.

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Meaning of intestine (noun)
form plural: intestines

the gut; alimentary canal

Example
The intestine is a long, coiled tube in the abdomen.

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Meaning of hypochondria (noun)
form plural: hypochondrias

condition where a healthy person worries excessively that they are ill

Example
Hypochondria may be difficult to treat.
Hypochondria is thought to be a result of repressed emotions and secret fears, and it is far more likely to develop in families where there is a preoccupation with illness, or in people who have a great deal of contact with invalids as children.

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Meaning of formaldehyde (noun)
form plural: formaldehydes

a fixative; a preservative

Example
Formaldehyde is used to preserve specimens e.g. a body for dissection.

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Meaning of nitroglycerin (noun)
forms also: nitroglycerine; no plural

substance that is medically as a vasodilator; brand names: Nitrospan, Nitrostat

Example
Many would hesitate to use vasopressin in view of the high incidence of ischaemic heart disease in this age group, but it may be combined with nitroglycerin when the harmful vasconstrictor side effects are less common.

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Meaning of azole antifungal (noun)
form plural: azole antifungals

generic name for drugs that are used to treat fungus infections; brand names: Diflucan, Nizoral or Sporanox

Example
The azole antifungal agents have five-membered organic rings that contain either two or three nitrogen molecules (the imidazoles and the triazoles respectively).

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Meaning of multiply (verb)
forms: multiplied; multiplied; multiplying

to increase in quantity

Example
Microorganisms multiply rapidly under certain conditions.

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Meaning of urea (noun)
form: no plural

a waste product made when amino acids are broken down

Example
Urea is made in the liver and excreted in the urine.

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Meaning of aliphatic (adjective)
related to a group of organic molecules in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains

Example
'Aliphatic' describes all substances being not aromatic and therefore having no stable ring system.

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