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Meaning of spinal cord, rust, sunburn, rare, amino sugar, painful, potential energy, transmembrane, electron configuration, synapse

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Meaning of spinal cord (noun)
form plural: spinal cords

nervous tissue contained in the linked vertebra of the back

Example
The spinal cord is protected by the bony skeleton.

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Meaning of rust (verb)
forms: rusted; rusted; rusting

to corrode

Example
When a layer of red-brown iron oxide forms on a metal we say it is rusting.

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Meaning of sunburn (noun)
form plural: sunburns

acute and painful skin damage

Example
It is very important to protect our skin from sunburn.

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Meaning of rare (adverb)
uncommon; not usual

Example
She has a rare disease and the doctors don't know anything about it.

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Meaning of amino sugar (noun)
form plural: amino sugars

compounds where a hydroxyl group is replaced by an amino group

Example
Glucosamine and galactosamine are amino sugars.

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Meaning of painful (adjective)
forms: more painful; most painful; less painful; least painful

aching

Example
Pressing her fingers to the knot of tension at the back of her neck, she massaged gently, then stretched her limbs to relieve some of her aching muscles.

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Meaning of potential energy (noun)
form plural: potential energies

stored power which has the capacity to do work

Example
Energy can be described as potential or kinetic.
Potential energy is one convenient way of parking energy until it is wanted and this energy can be followed through its various subsequent transformations by a sort of accounting procedure which can be very revealing.

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Meaning of transmembrane (adjective)
through the cell envelope

Example
Transmembrane proteins are proteins that pass all the way through the cell membrane.

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Meaning of electron configuration (noun)
form plural: electron configurations

the way that electrons are found around an atom

Example
Electron configuration of an atom is such that electrons fill the shell nearest the nucleus before filling others further away.

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Meaning of synapse (noun)
form plural: synapses

junction between the end of a nerve and another type of excitable cell

Example
Many drugs act at the synapse to alter the function or release of neurotransmitters.

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