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cell membrane

A biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of all cells from the outside environment

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A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

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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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Medulla spinalis noun · 85% connection

a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…

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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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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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Spinal cord noun · 85% connection

a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike stru…

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Axon noun · 85% connection

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

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Axone noun · 85% connection

long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron

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Dendrite noun · 85% connection

short fiber that conducts toward the cell body of the neuron

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Erythrocyte noun · 85% connection

a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

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Leucocyte noun · 85% connection

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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Leukocyte noun · 85% connection

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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Macrophage noun · 85% connection

a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream

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RBC noun · 85% connection

a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

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Red blood cell noun · 85% connection

a mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues; a biconcave disc that has no nucleus

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WBC noun · 85% connection

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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White blood cell noun · 85% connection

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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White blood corpuscle noun · 85% connection

blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

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Biomedical cloning noun · 78% connection

nuclear transplantation of a patient's own cells to make an oocyte from which immune-compatible cells (especially stem cells) can be d…

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CD4 cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…

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CD4 T cell noun · 78% connection

T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B ce…

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Chorion noun · 78% connection

The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development.

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Conjunctiva noun · 78% connection

The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membr…

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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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ecosystem noun · 78% connection

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

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Endogeny noun · 78% connection

Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a pa…

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Entogastric adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroid…

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Epithelium noun · 78% connection

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…

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Externality noun · 78% connection

the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world"

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Extra- unknown · 78% connection

A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or…

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