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Blast
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Blast

Blast 1. (Science: biology, suffix) a suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying... Read More

Monoblast
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Monoblast

Definition noun, plural: monoblasts A precursor cell that gives rise to a promonocyte Supplement Hematopoiesis is the... Read More

Osteoblast
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Osteoblast

Definition noun, plural: osteoblasts A type of bone cell that arises from fibroblasts, and upon maturity, becomes associated... Read More

Hypoblast
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Hypoblast

Definition noun (embryology) The inner (lower) layer of the embryonic disc, located beneath the epiblast Supplement In... Read More

Epiblast
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Epiblast

Definition noun (embryology) The outer (upper) ectodermal layer of the embryonic disc, closer to the amniotic cavity, and... Read More

Seam
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Seam

seam Origin: OE. Seem, seam, AS. Seam; akin to D. Zoom, OHG. Soum, G. Saum, LG. Soom, Icel. Saumr, Sw. & Dan. Som, and... Read More

Blaze
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Blaze

Blaze 1. A stream of gas or vapor emitting light and heat in the process of combustion; a bright flame. To heaven the blaze... Read More

nucleotide definition and parts
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Nucleotide

Reviewed by: Todd Smith, PhD Nucleotide Definition A nucleotide is regarded as the basic building block of... Read More

Shaft
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Shaft

shaft 1. The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, That lean he... Read More

Dam
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Dam

Dam 1. A female parent; used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother. Our sire... Read More

Expire
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Expire

Expire 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration;... Read More

Transformation
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Transformation

Definition noun, plural: transformations (1) The act, state or process of changing, such as in form or structure; the... Read More

Back
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Back

Back 1. Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. 2. Being in arrear; overdue;... Read More

Hearth
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Hearth

Hearth 1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace;... Read More

Scaffold
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Scaffold

scaffold 1. A temporary structure of timber, boards, etc, for various purposes, as for supporting workmen and materials in... Read More

Mantle
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Mantle

Mantle 1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; said of hawks. Also used figuratively. Ne is there hawk which... Read More

mitosis definition and examples
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Mitosis

Mitosis Definition What is mitosis? In biology, mitosis refers to the cellular process where a single cell divides... Read More

Air
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Air

Air 1. The Fluid which we Breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the Atmosphere. It is Invisible, inodourous, Insipid,... Read More

Monocytopoiesis
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Monocytopoiesis

Definition noun, plural: monocytopoieses The hematopoiesis of monocytes Supplement Hematopoiesis is the process of forming... Read More