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  Word Descriptions suture, ultraviolet, cystine, metallic bond, sweet, flagellate, insoluble, overdose, carbon dioxide, recessive


   
Description of suture (noun: plural: sutures)
a joining of the edges of a wound

Samples 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.



   
Description of ultraviolet (adjective: no plural)
having shorter wavelengths than visible light

Samples of ultraviolet
Ultraviolet light ranges from 4nm to 380nm on the light spectrum.



   
Description of cystine (noun: no plural)
an amino acid

Samples of cystine
There is a rare metabolic disorder called cystinosis where cystine deposits in large amounts in the kidneys.



   
Description of metallic bond (noun: plural: metallic bonds)
link holding the atoms together

Samples of metallic bond
Metallic bonds differ from most other bonds as they do not just occur between adjacent or nearby atoms.



   
Description of sweet (adjective: sweeter; sweetest; the sweetest)
having the taste of sugar

Samples of sweet
Fructose is sweeter than sucrose.



   
Description of flagellate (noun: plural: flagellates)
an organism that moves with the help of a tail-like structure

Samples of flagellate
Some parasites are flagellate e.g. the trypanosomes.



   
Description of insoluble (adjective: more insoluble; most insoluble; the most insoluble)
not able to dissolve

Samples of insoluble
Oil is insoluble in water.



   
Description of overdose (verb: overdosed; overdosed; overdosing)
to take an exaggerated amount of medicine or drugs

Samples of overdose
He overdosed on painkillers and so is now heavily sedated.



   
Description of carbon dioxide (noun: plural: carbon dioxides)
gas used by plants in photosynthesis and made in respiration

Samples of carbon dioxide
A high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood stimulates respiration.



   
Description of recessive (adjective)
relating to a gene form that is only expressed when two alleles are present; relating to one from each parent

Samples of recessive
The gene for cystic fibrosis is a recessive gene.
When cells are exposed to ionizing radiation, the chromosomes of the cell nuclei may be damaged by the production of gene mutations (dominant and recessive), involving alterations in the elementary units of heredity which are localized within the chromosomes, or by the induction of chromosome aberrations, consisting of changes in the structure or number of the chromosomes.



  Determinations of the words suture, ultraviolet, cystine, metallic bond, sweet, flagellate, insoluble, overdose, carbon dioxide, recessive

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