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FLESH |
Body tissue |
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GANGRENE |
Decay of body tissue |
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ADIPOSE |
Body tissue that stores fat |
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TENDON |
Fibrous tissue in the body |
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MUSCLE |
Fibrous tissue in the body which is able to contract |
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ELASTIN |
Protein in body tissue which aids in return to shape |
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DROPSY |
An unnatural collection of serous fluid in any serous
cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. |
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ABSCESS |
A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or
organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. |
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TUMOR |
A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the
body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a
neoplasm. |
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HYPOXANTHIN |
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related
to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body,
but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin. |
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ASSIMILATE |
To appropriate and transform or incorporate into the
substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as
nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue. |
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LECITHIN |
A complex, nitrogenous phosphorized substance widely
distributed through the animal body, and especially conspicuous in the
brain and nerve tis... |
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CREATININ |
A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related
to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by
the action of aci... |
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INFLAMMATION |
A morbid condition of any part of the body,
consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the
blood current, and growth of... |
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XANTHIN |
A crystalline nitrogenous body closely related to both
uric acid and hypoxanthin, present in muscle tissue, and occasionally
found in the urine... |
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GELATINE |
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tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a
nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but
formed... |