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  Word Descriptions reflux, eyebrow, prognosis, cellulose, ischemic, brachial, isotonic, addition reaction, occur, aliphatic


   
Description of reflux (noun: plural: refluxes)
regurgitation of acid from the stomach

Samples of reflux
Acid reflux is more common after eating a very heavy meal.



   
Description of eyebrow (noun: plural: eyebrows)
supercilium

Samples of eyebrow
The eyebrow helps protect the eye.



   
Description of prognosis (noun: plural: prognoses)
a forecast of whether a disease will progress in severity or not

Samples of prognosis
The prognosis is often poor with metastatic cancer.



   
Description of cellulose (noun: no plural)
carbohydrate that makes up the bulk of plant matter

Samples of cellulose
Cellulose is difficult for man to digest.



   
Description of ischemic (adjective: more ischemic; most ischemic; the most ischemic)
lack of blood supply

Samples of ischemic
Ischemic heart disease is a common disease in the west.



   
Description of brachial (adjective)
relating to the arm (or similar vestige in other organisms)

Samples of brachial
The brachial artery supplies the arm with blood.



   
Description of isotonic (adjective: ore isotonic; most isotonic; the most isotonic)
having the same composition as the body fluids; having equal tension

Samples of isotonic
Sports drinks often claim to be isotonic.
Gentle lavage with warm isotonic saline (37C) and air was used to clear the entire small intestine of residual contents before instilling 75 g of cholera toxin in 5 ml of isotonic saline for two hours to induce a stable secretory state.



   
Description of addition reaction (noun: plural: addition reactions)
process in which two molecules join to form a single compound

Samples of addition reaction
Addition reactions occur typically with unsaturated compounds.



   
Description of occur (verb: occurred; occurred; occurring)
to happen; to take place

Samples of occur
Labour would not tolerate the regional imbalances that disfigured the economy, and the waste of resources which had occurred under the Tories.



   
Description of aliphatic (adjective)
related to a group of organic molecules in which the carbon atoms are linked in open chains

Samples of aliphatic
'Aliphatic' describes all substances being not aromatic and therefore having no stable ring system.



  Determinations of the words reflux, eyebrow, prognosis, cellulose, ischemic, brachial, isotonic, addition reaction, occur, aliphatic

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