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  Word Descriptions overweight, MRI, antigen, plantar, endothermic, scapula, osteocyte, foam, reproduce, regeneration


   
Description of overweight (adjective: more overweight; most overweight; the most overweight)
related to adiposis

Samples of overweight
Doctors often advise overweight people to diet.



   
Description of MRI (abbreviation: magnetic resonance imaging)
diagnostic technique which uses a magnetic field and radio waves to provide computerized images of internal body tissues magnetic resonance imaging

Samples of MRI
MRIs are used in medicine to help diagnose things that won't show up on an X-ray.



   
Description of antigen (noun: plural: antigens)
any substance the body reacts to as foreign or harmful, by producing an antibody against it

Samples of antigen
Most antigens are large proteins or carbohydrate.



   
Description of plantar (adjective)
relating to the bottom of the foot

Samples of plantar
He has a plantar wart.



   
Description of endothermic (adjective: more endothermic; most endothermic; the most endothermic)
a process where heat is absorbed from the surroundings

Samples of endothermic
Melting is an example of an endothermic reaction.



   
Description of scapula (noun: scapulae)
the triangular bone that lies at the back of the rib cage; the shoulder blade

Samples of scapula
Each person has a right and a left scapula.



   
Description of osteocyte (noun: plural: osteocytes)
cell that has become part of the bone matrix

Samples of osteocyte
Recent research advocates that the minute spaces within the substance of the core, which have long been known to exist, are true bone cell or osteocyte cell spaces.



   
Description of foam (verb: foamed; foamed; foaming)
to form bubbles

Samples of foam
Rabies causes foaming at the mouth.



   
Description of reproduce (verb: reproduced; reproduced; reproducing)
to make similar structures or organisms

Samples of reproduce
Many plants can reproduce sexually and asexually.



   
Description of regeneration (noun: no plural)
the regrowth of lost or damaged parts or cells

Samples of regeneration
Nerve regeneration is a slow and limited process.



  Determinations of the words overweight, MRI, antigen, plantar, endothermic, scapula, osteocyte, foam, reproduce, regeneration

  Preparation book: Overweight and the Metabolic Syndrome

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