The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.
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the process of adjusting the eyes to low levels of illumination; cones adapt first; rods continue to adapt for up to four hours
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The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(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, Medical physiology.(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, Medical physiology.The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The act of adducing or bringing forward.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles"
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.Act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.(physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Medical physiology.Act of localizing, or state of being localized.
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To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.the tendency for a visual object to be perceived as having the same brightness under widely different conditions of illumination
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.imp. sing. of Fly, v. i.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.One more than three; twice two.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: adjusting, eyes, levels, illumination, cones.Consisting of four horses controlled by one person; as, a four-in-hand team; drawn by four horses driven by one person; as, a four-in-…
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