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• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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• move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
Example sentence • He comes to school every day.
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• a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
Example sentence • The domes of the cathedral were visible from afar.
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• used of your own ground
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• where you live at a particular time
adverb
• at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
verb
• provide with, or send to, a home
Example sentence • Many people dream of owning their own homes .
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• a (usually) large and scholarly book
Example sentence • He spent hours reading through ancient tomes at the library.
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• the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
Example sentence • Scientists are studying the human and mouse genomes to understand the similarities and differences between the two species.
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• any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
Example sentence • The field was filled with various bromes .
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• a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
Example sentence • My garden is filled with colorful gnomes .
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• a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part
Example sentence • Apples and pears are both types of pomes .
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• a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
Example sentence • Damaged acrosomes can lead to fertility problems.
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Example sentence • One of the most famous antinomes is the concept of free will versus determinism.
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• a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
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• any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
Example sentence • Humans typically have 22 pairs of autosomes .
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Example sentence • Fossilized biostromes provide valuable insights into past marine ecosystems.
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• primitive aquatic vertebrate
Example sentence • Lampreys and hagfish are types of cyclostomes .
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• a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
Example sentence • Doctors use dermatomes to diagnose nerve damage.
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• A structural unit that functions in the adhesion of cells to form tissue
Example sentence • The presence of desmosomes strengthens the structural integrity of tissues.
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• a stadium for horse shows or horse races
Example sentence • Many cities in ancient Greece had their own hippodromes .
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Example sentence • Under a microscope, you can observe the karyosomes within the cell.
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Example sentence • Some studies suggest that mesosomes are artifacts created during the preparation of cells for electron microscopy.
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• clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
Example sentence • I have two metronomes on my piano to help with my timing.
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• scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
Example sentence • The microtomes available in the lab were outdated and needed to be replaced.
9 3 noun
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• The chromosome whose homologous counterpart is missing in monosomy.
Example sentence • Recent studies have shown that monosomes play a critical role in translation regulation.
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• a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
Example sentence • There are many interesting palindromes in different languages.
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• An intracellular organelle found in all eukaryotes (except Archezoa) which is the source of the enzymes that catalyze the production and breakdown hydrogen peroxide, and are responsible for the oxidation of long-chain fatty acids.
Example sentence • The main function of peroxisomes is to break down fatty acids.
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Example sentence • The phyllomes of this tree are very large and broad.
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