Almost Slight Case Of Indigestion This Affects Metabolism

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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noun • hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas; regulates storage of glycogen in the liver and accelerates oxidation of sugar in cells
	28%	7		Vocabulary item that is almost synonymous with another but has a slight difference in meaning
noun • a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling
	28%	8		Making a slight, almost imperceptible cutting sound
noun • a small cut • a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat verb • hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat • cut slightly, with a razor

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