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Definition of prescription medication (noun)
form plural: prescription medications

drug that can only be obtained with a written order from a pharmacist or doctor; written instructions for a drug

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Prescription medication abuse by teens and young adults is a growing problem in the United States.

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Definition of aerobic (adjective)
presence of oxygen

Examples
Under aerobic conditions oxidation of pyruvate can take place during cell respiration in the mitochondria.

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Definition of toenail (noun)
form plural: toenails

hard structure at the end of the digits of the foot

Examples
Toenails are made of keratin.

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

having a lower osmotic pressure than another solution

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A cell placed in a hypotonic solution will expand and may burst.

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Definition of poisoning (noun)
form plural: poisonings

the act of being damaged by a toxic compound

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There are many cases of drug poisoning each year.

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Definition of bony (adjective)
forms: bonier; boniest; the boniest

osseous; sclerous

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A bony person is someone who is so thin that you can see their bones through their skin.

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Definition of two-dimensional (adjective)
forms: more two-dimensional; most two-dimensional; the most two-dimensional

having length and width

Examples
Two dimensional views do not give a dimension of volume.
Although the limb is three-dimensional I will treat it as if it were two-dimensional and only consider position with respect to two axes, the anteroposterior axis which runs across the limb from digit 2 to digit 4, and the long, or proximo-distal axis, which runs from the shoulder to the tip of the digits.

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Definition of hexose (noun)
form plural: hexoses

sugars with 6 carbons

Examples
Glucose and fructose are hexose sugars.
Aminoacid stimulated sodium absorption occurs independently of hexose stimulated sodium absorption via a separate nutrient-sodium cotransporter.

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Definition of sensitive (noun)
forms: sensitive; more sensitive; most sensitive; less sensitive; least sensitive

responsive to physical stimuli

Examples
At the end of the corpus spongiosum (through which runs the urethra) is the glans penis which is larger than the rest of this cylinder and is the most sensitive part of the penis.

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Definition of vertex (noun)
form plural: vertexes

the highest point of the skull; the top of the head

Examples
In practice many laboratories use two electrodes on the scalp, one at the vertex (midway centrally between the bridge of the nose and the inion, or bony bump at the base of the cranium), and one frontally, about two centimetres behind the hairline.

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