
Description of magnesium (noun: no plural) alkaline-earth metal with the chemical symbol Mg also needed as a trace element in the body
Samples of magnesium Magnesium is needed to help muscles function.
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Description of headache (noun: plural: headaches) pain in the uppermost part of the body
Samples of headache The bumpiness had churned her stomach and given her a headache, but she kept her complaints to herself.
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Description of sugar (noun: plural: sugars) carbohydrates which are soluble because of the presence of -OH groups
Samples of sugar Sugars are sweet.
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Description of tendon (noun: plural: tendons) connective tissue between a muscle and a bone
Samples of tendon The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. Infection or inflammation of a tendon is called tendonitis. At a gallop, the amount of strain on a horse's fore tendon is very near to its maximum capacity and any further loading leads to progressive damage to the tendon fibres resulting in extreme cases of tendon rupture.
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Description of phosphorylate (verb: phosphorylated; phosphorylated; phosphorylating) to add a salt or ester to a molecule
Samples of phosphorylate Glycogen is phosphorylated to glucose phosphate and a phosphate group. Protein kinase C is the name given to a group of kinases, which when activated by diacylglycerol in the presence of phospholipids such as phosphatidylserine, phosphorylate proteins on serine or threonine.
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Description of ice (noun: no plural) frozen water
Samples of ice Ice forms below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Description of malleus (noun: plural: mallei) largest middle ear ossicle (bone)
Samples of malleus The malleus is also called the hammer.
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Description of rigor mortis (noun: no plural) rigidity of death
Samples of rigor mortis After death rigor mortis sets in very quickly.
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Description of exacerbate (verb: exacerbated; exacerbated; exacerbating) to make worse
Samples of exacerbate The pain is exacerbated by movement.
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Description of sterilized (adjective) to be free of micro-organisms; to be unable to reproduce
Samples of sterilized Surgical instruments must be sterilized after each use.
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