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Rushes

rush 1. A moving forward with rapidity and force or eagerness; a violent motion or course; as, a rush of troops; a rush of... Read More

Equisetum

Equisetum Origin: L, the horsetail, fr. Equus horse - seta a thick, stiff hair, bristle. (Science: botany) a genus of... Read More

Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia

Definition noun The medical or scientific term for brain freeze Supplement The sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia is a type of... Read More

Substance

Substance Definition What is a substance? The word substance finds varied usages in different science fields. In general... Read More

Suck

suck 1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid... Read More

Moss

moss To cover or overgrow with moss. An oak whose boughs were mossed with age. (Shak) Origin: Mossed; Mossing. 1. (Science:... Read More

Vestigial

Vestigial (organ) is a degenerate organ or structure or physical attribute that has little to no function in the species but... Read More

Efflorescence

Definition noun (1) (botany) The state of efflorescing; time of flowering or blossoming; anthesis. (2) (medicine) A... Read More

Heart sounds

Heart sounds The sounds heard over the cardiac region produced by the functioning of the heart. There are four distinct... Read More

Axon hillock

Axon Hillock Definition What is axon hillock? If you are familiar with the different parts of the neuron, the axon hillock... Read More

Smooth endoplasmic reticulum

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum Definition Smooth endoplasmic reticulum (sER) is part of or a region in the endoplasmic... Read More

Depolarization

Depolarization is the removal of polarity by a process or action. It might also be used to describe how such activity leads... Read More

Plant Water Regulation

A plant requires water as an essential ingredient of photolysis, the photochemical stage of photosynthesis where water is... Read More