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  Word Descriptions heart disease, ethanol, bias, paraplegia, glycoprotein, nucleoplasm, allosteric enzyme, acid dissociation constant, perform, heterotrophic


   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
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.



   
Description of perform (verb: performed; performed; performing)
to carry out

Samples of perform
Surgeons perform operations.



   
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.



  Determinations of the words heart disease, ethanol, bias, paraplegia, glycoprotein, nucleoplasm, allosteric enzyme, acid dissociation constant, perform, heterotrophic

  Preparation book: Atlas of Heart Disease

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