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  Word Explanations suture, foam, birth control, sterilized, neuro-, immunodeficient, natural selection, hypertonic, external nares, reproduce


   
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.



   
Explanation of foam (verb)
forms: foamed; foamed; foaming

to form bubbles

Sample of foam
Rabies causes foaming at the mouth.



   
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.



   
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.



   
Explanation of neuro- (preffix)
nerve

Sample of neuro-
Neurogenic pain is pain from nerves.



   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
Explanation of external nares (noun)
form: only plural

nostrils

Sample of external nares
Air arrives in the respiratory tract through the external nares.



   
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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