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Bipolar

Doubly polar; having two poles; as, a bipolar cell or corpuscle.

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Janus-faced 84% connected

Double-faced; deceitful.

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Double-faced; deceitful.

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Polar 66% connected

Of or pertaining to one of the poles of the earth, or of a sphere; situated near, or proceeding from, one of the poles; as, polar regions; polar seas…

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Unipolar 94% connected

Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

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Unipolar 94% connected

Having, or acting by means of, one pole only.

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Amphiprostyle adjective · 78% connection

Doubly prostyle; having columns at each end, but not at the sides.

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Apoptosis noun · 78% 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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Bi- unknown · 78% connection

In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, e…

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Bilaciniate adjective · 78% connection

Doubly fringed.

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Bioplast noun · 78% connection

A tiny mass of bioplasm, in itself a living unit and having formative power, as a living white blood corpuscle; bioblast.

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Bipinnatifid adjective · 78% connection

Doubly pinnatifid.

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Biserrate adjective · 78% connection

Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves.

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Biternate adjective · 78% connection

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.

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Caspase-mediated cell death noun · 78% 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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CD8 cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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CD8 T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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cell membrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Corpuscule noun · 78% connection

A corpuscle.

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Cystoplast noun · 78% connection

A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

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Cytomembrane noun · 78% connection

a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…

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Cytotoxic T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it

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Doubly adverb · 78% connection

In twice the quantity; to twice the degree; as, doubly wise or good; to be doubly sensible of an obligation.

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Electricity noun · 78% connection

A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, th…

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