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| Explanation of suture (noun) form plural: sutures a joining of the edges of a wound Sample of suture Surgeons usually put sutures in under anesthetic. The segmental plate or eusternum is subdivided into three sclerites, the presternum, basisternum and sternellum and in generalized forms the basisternum is separated from the sternellum by a transverse suture connecting the apophyseal pits -- points of cuticular invagination from which arises a pair of furcal arms forming part of the thoracic endoskeleton.
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| Explanation of foam (verb) forms: foamed; foamed; foaming to form bubbles Sample of foam Rabies causes foaming at the mouth.
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| Explanation of birth control (noun) form: no plural the use of contraceptive methods to stop pregnancy; contraception Sample of birth control Sterilization is a means of birth control. Despite the current problem of over-population, the Vatican can still impose its strictures on birth control and abortion -- not on social or moral grounds, but on theological.
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| Explanation of sterilized (adjective) to be free of micro-organisms; to be unable to reproduce Sample of sterilized Surgical instruments must be sterilized after each use.
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| Explanation of neuro- (preffix) nerve Sample of neuro- Neurogenic pain is pain from nerves.
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| Explanation of immunodeficient (adjective) forms: more immunodeficient; most immunodeficient unable to become resistant against deceases Sample of immunodeficient Immunodeficient people have a higher risk of getting infections.
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| Explanation of natural selection (noun) form: no plural theory which says that the characteristics that aid survival occur as random mutations and are then inherited as only the fittest survive Sample of natural selection The theory of natural selection was put forward by Darwin and Wallace.
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| Explanation of hypertonic (adjective) forms: more hypertonic; most hypertonic; the most hypertonic having a higher osmotic pressure than another solution Sample of hypertonic A cell placed in a hypertonic solution will shrink.
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| Explanation of external nares (noun) form: only plural nostrils Sample of external nares Air arrives in the respiratory tract through the external nares.
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| Explanation of reproduce (verb) forms: reproduced; reproduced; reproducing to make similar structures or organisms Sample of reproduce Many plants can reproduce sexually and asexually.
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