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Meaning of insulin (noun)
form: no plural

a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps control the blood glucose level

Example
Insulin replacement is needed in some cases of diabetes.

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Meaning of ovulation (noun)
the time of the month when eggs are released from the follicle

Example
Ovulation usually occurs around day 14 of the menstrual cycle.

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Meaning of metaphase (noun)
form plural: metaphases

stage of cell division where the spindle parts and chromosomes line up in the center

Example
Prophase comes before metaphase in the cell cycle.

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Meaning of hypochondriac (noun)
form plural: hypochondriacs

a healthy person who worries excessively about their health and believes they are ill

Example
Doctors may become hypochondriacs because they think and learn so much about illness!

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Meaning of nuclear pore (noun)
form plural: nuclear pores

area which allows passage of substances into cytoplasm and back

Example
The nuclear pores are formed where the nuclear envelope fuses together.

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Meaning of acetominophen (noun)
form plural: acetaminophens

a painkiller

Example
Acetaminophen is a painkiller.
Granted that psychologists have described a whole taxonomy of memory, procedural and declarative, episodic and semantic, working and reference, should one expect similar underlying biochemical and cellular changes to be involved in each, or would every form of memory have its own special biochemistry?

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Meaning of worsen (verb)
forms: worsened; worsened; worsening

to deteriorate

Example
Both the trade and budget deficits continued to worsen, while an energy crisis caused by the failure to generate enough electricity and the non-payment of debt for oil to Venezuela, hampered production.

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Meaning of pharyngitis (noun)
form: no plural

infection or inflammation of the back of the throat

Example
Pharyngitis may be caused by a virus.

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Meaning of spread (verb)
forms: spread; spread; spreading

to move outwards to cover a larger area

Example
Infections may spread if the host's immune system is weak.

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Meaning of cystic fibrosis (noun)
form: no plural

a hereditary disease that mainly affects the lungs and digestive system

Example
Patients with cystic fibrosis have a reduced lifespan.
Intestinal motility disturbances with prolonged intestinal transit times are well described in patients with cystic fibrosis and may predispose to the development of small bowel bacterial overgrowth, bacterial dehydroxylation and deconjugation of bile acids, decreased bile salt solubility, diminished intestinal bile acid absorption, and excessive faecal bile acid loss.

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