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Abiosis
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Absence of life
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Acanthocyte
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An abnormal erythrocyte that in wet preparations has cytoplasmic projections so that the cell appears
to be covered with thorns. |
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Allostery
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in bacteria, alteration of a regulatory site on a protein that changes its shape and activity. This change
is important in altering the way the organism responds to its molecular environment. |
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Analgesic
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A drug that relieves pain.
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Analgia
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State of being without pain.
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-osis*
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Suffix: indicates an abnormal condition: neurosis, psychosis.
Affixed to a combining form: indicates an organ or a part of the body, usually indicates a noninflammatory diseased condition; nephrosis, endometriosis. *There are a few words ending in -osis that have a special meaning. |
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cyt-
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Combining form: (cell) means an abnormal increase in number of the type of cell indicated; leukocytosis, erythrocytosis
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Anastomosis*
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A surgical or pathological connection between two passages.
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Exostosis*
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A tiny bone growth arising from the surface of a bone.
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Aponeurosis*
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A sheet of tissue connecting muscles to bones.
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Symbiosis*
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The living together in close association of two organisms of different species.
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Antibiosis*
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The association between two organisms in which one is harmful to the other.
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