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Description of sexual performance (noun: no plural)
capability to carry out intercourse

Samples of sexual performance
Taxi driver Raymond Atkinson stabbed his wife Randy, 47, four times after she taunted him about his sexual performance compared to her lover.

Determination of sexual performance
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Description of myeloma (noun)
a disease of the bone marrow

Samples of myeloma
Clodronate delays osteolytic bone lesions, reduces the degree of hypercalcaemia and decreases pain in patients with multiple myeloma, claim the authors of a 24-month multicentre study.



   
Description of toxin (noun: plural: toxins)
poisonous substance

Samples of toxin
Bacteria make toxins that cause illness. White blood cells make antitoxins that destroy toxins.



   
Description of peptic (adjective)
relating to the stomach

Samples of peptic
Peptic ulcers are exacerbated by stress.



   
Description of hepatic (adjective)
relating to the liver

Samples of hepatic
Hepatic disease may make the patient extremely ill.
Synthesis of proteins by the human liver, both structural and secretory, is of interest and relevance in patients because of the hepatic involvement in the acute phase response.



   
Description of sodium chloride (noun: plural: sodium chlorides)
white powder used to season food

Samples of sodium chloride
Sodium chloride is also called table salt.

Determination of sodium chloride
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Description of lysis (noun: plural: lyses)
disintegration; destruction

Samples of lysis
Lysosomes play a role in cell and organelle lysis.
In addition to antibiotics, it should be recognised that enzymes are microbial products which could also be involved in the biocontrol action, for example, by causing the lysis of the cell walls of pathogens during the phenomenon of mycoparasitism.



   
Description of menarche (noun: no plural)
the start of the menstrual periods

Samples of menarche
Menarche usually takes place between 10 and 19 years of age.



   
Description of inhibit (verb: inhibited; inhibited; inhibiting)
to stop or slow down a biological event or organ function

Samples of inhibit
High temperatures inhibit enzyme catalysis.



   
Description of vaccination (noun: plural: vaccinations)
act of making unsusceptible to disease by inoculating

Samples of vaccination
Mass vaccination programs have been set up to protect public health.
Smallpox vaccination was being used centuries before Edward Jenner, and many modern drugs (such as atropine, digitalis and reserpine) have been derived from folk remedies.

Determination of vaccination
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