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  Word Descriptions vitamin C, rash, pelvic, septic, hydrophobic, transport vesicle, NAD, episodic, leucocyte, icterus


   
Description of vitamin C (noun: no plural)
organic substance found in fruit and vegetables; important for skin

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



   
Description of rash (noun: plural: rashes)
an eruption on the skin

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



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

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



   
Description of septic (adjective: more septic; most septic; the most septic)
infected (as a result of the presence of microorganisms)

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



   
Description of hydrophobic (adjective: more hydrophobic; most hydrophobic; less hydrophobic; least hydrophobic)
water-hating; unable of dissolving in water

Samples of hydrophobic
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.



   
Description of transport vesicle (noun: plural: transport vesicles)
sac that takes proteins made in the endoplasmic reticulum to other organelles

Samples of transport vesicle
Transport vesicles bud off the endoplasmic reticulum.



   
Description of NAD (abbreviation: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)
compound which acts as an electron and hydrogen acceptor and donor in biological oxidation and reductions in cells

Samples of NAD
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.



   
Description of episodic (adjective)
occurring at separate times

Samples of episodic
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?



   
Description of leucocyte (noun: plural: leucocytes)
white blood cell with an immune role found in the lymphatic system

Samples of leucocyte
Another name for leucocytes is lymphocytes.



   
Description of icterus (noun: no plural)
yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood

Samples of icterus
Another name for icterus is jaundice.



  Determinations of the words vitamin C, rash, pelvic, septic, hydrophobic, transport vesicle, NAD, episodic, leucocyte, icterus

  Preparation book: Vitamin C, Volume II

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