(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
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An organelle in the cytoplasm that breaks down waste materials and cellular debris
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transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
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Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.plant materials and animal waste used as fuel
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.the expenditure in specific terms (per unit of production) of material resources (basic and auxiliary materials, fuel, energy, and dep…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.The central organelle in eukaryotic cells that contains genetic material
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: organelle, cytoplasm, breaks, down, waste.A swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrance; dropsy of the subcutaneous cellu…
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