(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
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the most common hereditary disease; the child's lungs and intestines and pancreas become clogged with thick mucus; caused by defect in a single gene; no cure is known
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a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.a compound containing an alkyl or aryl radical bonded to a metal.; "Tetracarbonyl nickel, and ferrocene are examples of organometallic…
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Used in the same subject area: Inorganic chemistry, Chemistry, General chemistry.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.(physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is s…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus produ…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.any of various protein molecules secreted by cells of the immune system that serve to regulate the immune system
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammonia and carbon dioxide and used as fertilizer and in animal feed an…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Chemistry, General chemistry.a white tasteless odorless crystalline product of protein metabolism; found in the blood and urine
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To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestine…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.The state of being clogged.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.Motion affected with slowness and difficulty, as if clogged.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.A disease attended with inflammation and ulceration of the colon and rectum, and characterized by griping pains, constant desire to ev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: common, hereditary, disease, child, lungs.
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