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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.



   
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.



   
Description of sugar (noun: plural: sugars)
carbohydrates which are soluble because of the presence of -OH groups

Samples of sugar
Sugars are sweet.



   
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.



   
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.

Determination of phosphorylate
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Description of ice (noun: no plural)
frozen water

Samples of ice
Ice forms below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.



   
Description of malleus (noun: plural: mallei)
largest middle ear ossicle (bone)

Samples of malleus
The malleus is also called the hammer.



   
Description of rigor mortis (noun: no plural)
rigidity of death

Samples of rigor mortis
After death rigor mortis sets in very quickly.

Determination of rigor mortis
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Description of exacerbate (verb: exacerbated; exacerbated; exacerbating)
to make worse

Samples of exacerbate
The pain is exacerbated by movement.



   
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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