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Description of prescription medication (noun: plural: prescription medications)
drug that can only be obtained with a written order from a pharmacist or doctor; written instructions for a drug

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

Determination of prescription medication
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Description of aerobic (adjective)
presence of oxygen

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



   
Description of toenail (noun: plural: toenails)
hard structure at the end of the digits of the foot

Samples of toenail
Toenails are made of keratin.



   
Description of hypotonic (adjective: more hypotonic; most hypotonic; the most hypotonic)
having a lower osmotic pressure than another solution

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



   
Description of poisoning (noun: plural: poisonings)
the act of being damaged by a toxic compound

Samples of poisoning
There are many cases of drug poisoning each year.



   
Description of bony (adjective: bonier; boniest; the boniest)
osseous; sclerous

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



   
Description of two-dimensional (adjective: more two-dimensional; most two-dimensional; the most two-dimensional)
having length and width

Samples of two-dimensional
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.

Determination of two-dimensional
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Description of hexose (noun: plural: hexoses)
sugars with 6 carbons

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



   
Description of sensitive (noun: sensitive; more sensitive; most sensitive; less sensitive; least sensitive)
responsive to physical stimuli

Samples of sensitive
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.



   
Description of vertex (noun: plural: vertexes)
the highest point of the skull; the top of the head

Samples of vertex
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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