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Definition of vitamin C (noun)
form: no plural

organic substance found in fruit and vegetables; important for skin

Examples
Deficiency of vitamin C causes scurvy.
Vitamin C is found in green, leafy vegetables, potatoes, tomatoes, fruits and berries.

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Definition of rash (noun)
form plural: rashes

an eruption on the skin

Examples
Rashes may be a sign of an allergy or an infectious disease.

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Definition of pelvic (adjective)
relating to the the lower part of the abdomen

Examples
The pelvic bones protect the contents of the pelvis from damage.

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Definition of septic (adjective)
forms: more septic; most septic; the most septic

infected (as a result of the presence of microorganisms)

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A septic tank is an open system and depends on being sited where it can eventually discharge into a natural watercourse or soakaway.

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Definition of hydrophobic (adjective)
forms: more hydrophobic; most hydrophobic; less hydrophobic; least hydrophobic

water-hating; unable of dissolving in water

Examples
Hydrophobic interactions occur between non-polar molecules e.g. water and oil.
Hydrophobic parts of a cell membrane consisting of a bilayer with proteins are arranged at the inferior surface of the membrane.
For example, we have synthesised film physisorbable phosphorylcholine containing polymers for coating hydrophobic surfaces such as PVC, polyethylene, polypropylene, etc.

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Definition of transport vesicle (noun)
form plural: transport vesicles

sac that takes proteins made in the endoplasmic reticulum to other organelles

Examples
Transport vesicles bud off the endoplasmic reticulum.

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Definition of NAD (abbreviation, acronym)
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

compound which acts as an electron and hydrogen acceptor and donor in biological oxidation and reductions in cells

Examples
Northern analysis of RNAs derived from lymphoid lineages showed that the 2.6kb atk messenger RNA was expressed in the B-cell line NAD, and also in B cells of two patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-CLL1, B-CLL2), but not in T cells (T-CLL) or a T-cell line.

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Definition of episodic (adjective)
occurring at separate times

Examples
The patient suffered episodic epileptic attacks.
Granted that psychologists have described a whole taxonomy of memory, procedural and declarative, episodic and semantic, working and reference, should one expect similar underlying biochemical and cellular changes to be involved in each, or would every form of memory have its own special biochemistry?

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Definition of leucocyte (noun)
form plural: leucocytes

white blood cell with an immune role found in the lymphatic system

Examples
Another name for leucocytes is lymphocytes.

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Definition of icterus (noun)
form: no plural

yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood

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Another name for icterus is jaundice.

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