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Irreducible

Incapable of being reduced, or brought into a different state; incapable of restoration to its proper or normal condition; as, an irreducible hernia.

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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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Anticipate verb · 78% connection

To take up or introduce beforehand, or before the proper or normal time; to cause to occur earlier or prematurely; as, the advocate ha…

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Bend noun · 78% connection

A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the…

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Born verb · 78% connection

Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.

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Compose verb · 78% connection

To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

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Compounder noun · 78% connection

A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil…

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Cystocele noun · 78% connection

Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

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Different adjective · 78% connection

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…

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Dislocate verb · 78% connection

To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to…

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Eupnaea noun · 78% connection

Normal breathing where arterialization of the blood is normal, in distinction from dyspnaea, in which the blood is insufficiently arte…

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Farfetch noun · 78% connection

Anything brought from far, or brought about with studious care; a deep strategem.

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Generalizable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.

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Hemoglobin noun · 78% connection

The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also call…

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Hernia noun · 78% connection

A protrusion, consisting of an organ or part which has escaped from its natural cavity, and projects through some natural or accidenta…

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Heterology noun · 78% connection

The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being composed of diff…

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Heteromorphic adjective · 78% connection

Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in different individua…

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Heteroplasm noun · 78% connection

An abnormal formation foreign to the economy, and composed of elements different from those are found in it in its normal condition.

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