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Assimilation

The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.

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Americanization 76% connected

The process of Americanizing.

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Anabolism 76% connected

The constructive metabolism of the body, as distinguished from katabolism.

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Anglicization 76% connected

The act of anglicizing, or making English in character.

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Education 76% connected

The act or process of educating; the result of educating, as determined by the knowledge skill, or discipline of character, acquired; also, the act o…

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Relationship 76% connected

The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance.

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Absorb 74% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Absorb 74% connected

To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Assimilate 74% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Assimilate 74% connected

To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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Absorption 92% connected

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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Cell death noun · 85% connection

(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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homeostasis noun · 85% connection

(physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous…

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Necrobiosis noun · 85% connection

(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

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Action potential noun · 85% connection

the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted

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Osmosis noun · 85% connection

(biology, chemistry) diffusion of molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a place of higher concentration to a place of lower…

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synapse noun · 85% connection

the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the acti…

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Apoptosis noun · 85% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 85% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Circulation noun · 85% connection

movement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels

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Programmed cell death noun · 85% connection

a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…

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Myoneural junction noun · 84% connection

the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

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Neuromuscular junction noun · 84% connection

the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies

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Reverse osmosis noun · 84% connection

(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for na…

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Abduction noun · 78% connection

(physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

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Accommodation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye

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Acid-base balance noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…

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Acid-base equilibrium noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…

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Adaptation noun · 78% connection

(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

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-ly adjective · 78% connection

A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Ad- unknown · 78% connection

As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise en…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Aspirate noun · 78% connection

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Assemblance noun · 78% connection

Resemblance; likeness; appearance.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Assimilable adjective · 78% connection

That may be assimilated; that may be likened, or appropriated and incorporated.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Clank noun · 78% connection

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resoun…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Consonant noun · 78% connection

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Counterfeit adverb · 78% connection

Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Echo noun · 78% connection

A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: assimilating, bringing, resemblance, likeness, identity.
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Essentiate verb · 78% connection

To become assimilated; to be changed into the essence.

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