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  Word Descriptions hair loss, vision, sodium hydroxide, notify, prophase, protozoan, sacrum, stapes, adaptation, modify


   
Description of hair loss (noun: no plural)
malfunction of the body that is also called alopecia areata

Samples of hair loss
Hair loss as a result of antibiotics, pregnancy, dieting etc takes place three to four months later.



   
Description of vision (noun: plural: visions)
eyesight; the ability to see

Samples of vision
The Snellen chart is used to test vision.



   
Description of sodium hydroxide (noun: plural: sodium hydroxides)
base that is used as a reagent for several tests

Samples of sodium hydroxide
Sodium hydroxide is an alkali.



   
Description of notify (verb: notified; notified; notifying)
to warn; to inform

Samples of notify
A married woman was required to notify her husband prior to obtaining an abortion, unless the husband was not the father of the child, could not be located, had created the pregnancy through a sexual assault upon his wife, or might cause physical harm to the woman concerned.



   
Description of prophase (noun: plural: prophases)
stage of the cell cycle where chromosomes line up to make pairs

Samples of prophase
In the human female, meiosis commences towards the end of the first trimester of fetal development and, with increasing gestational age, more and more cells enter the prophase stages of leptotene, zygotene and pachytene.



   
Description of protozoan (noun: plural: protozoa)
one celled organism that have a nucleus and are either parasites or live in water

Samples of protozoan
Many protozoa use cilia or flagellae to move.



   
Description of sacrum (noun: plural: sacrums)
a triangular bone located between the coccyx and the lumbar vertebra

Samples of sacrum
The sacrum consists of five fused vertebra.



   
Description of stapes (noun: no plural)
innermost bone of the three ossicles

Samples of stapes
The stapes is also known as the stirrup.



   
Description of adaptation (noun: no plural)
characteristics that increase an organism's ability to survive within a changing environment

Samples of adaptation
Adaptation occurs as a result of evolution.



   
Description of modify (verb: modified; modified; modifying)
to change; to alter

Samples of modify
The conditions of the experiment were modified and the results noted.



  Determinations of the words hair loss, vision, sodium hydroxide, notify, prophase, protozoan, sacrum, stapes, adaptation, modify

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