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Hydrous wool fat
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Hydrous wool fat

Hydrous wool fat --> adeps lanae The greasy substance obtained from the wool of the sheep Ovis aries (family Bovidae). Used... Read More

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Glycocalyx

What is the Glycocalyx? The glycocalyx is a polysaccharide-based gel-like, highly hydrous cellular thin layer, covering... Read More

Feathers
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Feathers

Feather 1. (Science: ornithology) One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour... Read More

Chondroblast definition
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Chondroblast

There are two forms of cells in cartilage: chondroblasts and chondrocytes. The chondroblasts are cells that secrete the... Read More