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| Description of heart disease (noun: plural: heart diseases) illness with the following symptoms: shortness of breath, palpitations (skipped beats or a 'flip-flop' feeling in the chest); weakness or dizziness; nausea, sweating Samples of heart disease Several studies have reported a positive association with ischaemic heart disease, but after correction for the effect of cholesterol serum triglyceride does not appear to be an independent risk factor.
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| Description of ethanol (noun: no plural) ethyl alcohol; the alcohol in fermented drinks Samples of ethanol Ethanol is produced when sugar is fermented by yeast.
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| Description of bias (noun: plural: biases) an error in the method or study design that could affect the results Samples of bias If you do not randomly choose the subjects in a study you may introduce bias.
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| Description of paraplegia (noun: no plural) inability to move the legs and part of the trunk Samples of paraplegia A study of persons who suffered accidents resulting in paraplegia and tetraplegia showed that 75 per cent of the professional group found similar employment two to three years after the onset of disability and the remaining 25 per cent were unemployed.
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| Description of glycoprotein (noun: plural: glycoproteins) proteins joined to carbohydrate that are found on the surface of cells Samples of glycoprotein Most proteins that cells secrete are in the form of glycoproteins. It is currently thought that cholesterol gall stones arise because of a triple hepatobiliary defect: cholesterol supersaturation of gall bladder bile, reduction gall bladder contractility, and increased rate of cholesterol nucleation, probably due to mucin glycoprotein hypersecretion.
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| Description of nucleoplasm (noun: plural: nucleoplasms) gelatinous or liquid material that constitutes the kernel of a cell Samples of nucleoplasm Organelles are suspended within the nucleoplasm.
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| Description of allosteric enzyme (noun: plural: allosteric enzymes) catalytic protein which has a receptor site other than the active site Samples of allosteric enzyme Protein kinase is an allosteric enzyme.
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| Description of acid dissociation constant (noun: plural: acid dissociation constants) a fixed value Samples of acid dissociation constant Acid dissociation constants are a measure of how much acids dissociate into ions in solution.
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| Description of perform (verb: performed; performed; performing) to carry out Samples of perform Surgeons perform operations.
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| Description of heterotrophic (adjective) related to organisms requiring ingested nutrition which they break down to receive energy Samples of heterotrophic Heterotrophic organisms process glucose and other organic molecules to release stored energy.
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