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• a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants)
Example sentence • The bacteroids in the human digestive system play a crucial role in breaking down complex carbohydrates.
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• any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects
Example sentence • He was accused of using steroids to enhance his performance.
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• an automaton that resembles a human being
Example sentence • The science fiction novel is set in a world where androids serve as household helpers.
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• relating to a plant of the family Araceae
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• any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
Example sentence • The greenhouse is filled with various types of aroids .
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• stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
Example sentence • She avoids eating gluten because she has a wheat allergy.
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• a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
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• triangular or suggesting a capital delta, with a point at the apex
Example sentence • She lifted weights to strengthen her deltoids .
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Example sentence • Surgical removal is often necessary for dermoids .
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Example sentence • Surgery is often required to remove desmoids and prevent them from growing back.
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• A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth
Example sentence • The fossil collection includes several discoids embedded in the rock.
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Example sentence • Scientists are studying embryoids to gain insights into embryonic development.
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• one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity
Example sentence • The ethmoids are a group of bones that form the upper part of the nasal cavity.
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Example sentence • The euploids produce balanced offspring with complete genetic information.
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• something resembling a fact; unverified (often invented) information that is given credibility because it appeared in print
Example sentence • She loves reading books that are filled with factoids about different animals.
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• benign tumor containing fibrous tissue (especially in the uterus)
Example sentence • She scheduled a surgery to remove her fibroids .
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• a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales
Example sentence • The fucoids provide important habitat for other marine organisms.
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• A fungus, or some other organism closely resembling a fungus.
Example sentence • The scientist studied fungoids as part of their research on fungi.
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Example sentence • In mathematics, groupoids are often used to study symmetries and transformations.
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Example sentence • The museum has a diverse collection of haloids .
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• colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
Example sentence • The hydroids in the aquarium exhibit incredible diversity in form and color.
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• Any fish, or other vertebrate having the form of a fish.
Example sentence • The fossils found in the sediment were identified as ichthyoids .
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• beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin
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Example sentence • The phylloids of the acacia tree are flat and blade-like.
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Example sentence • The placoids on the shark's skin help reduce drag while swimming.
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Example sentence • The scientist observed small plasmoids forming in the plasma chamber.
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• a prismatoid whose bases are polygons having the same number of sides and whose other faces are trapezoids or parallelograms
Example sentence • She studied the properties of various prismoids in her geometry class.
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Example sentence • Some natural products, such as anthraquinones, are examples of quinoids .
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• any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
Example sentence • Mosses and liverworts rely on rhizoids to absorb water and nutrients from the soil.
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• shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid
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• a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal
Example sentence • The rhomboids are a group of muscles located in the upper back.
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9 2 noun n Example sentence • Fractures of the scaphoids are common in sports such as snowboarding and skateboarding.
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• of or relating to or characteristic of schizophrenia
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• characterized by symptoms similar to but less severe than schizophrenia
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• marked by withdrawal and inability to form close relationships
Example sentence • Some schizoids prefer to spend most of their time alone.
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Example sentence • The scincoids are characterized by their shiny, smooth scales.
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• important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
Example sentence • Certain species of scombroids are known for their fast swimming speeds.
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• curved in two directions (like the letter S)
Example sentence • The output layer of the network uses sigmoids to produce the final probabilities.
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• butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
Example sentence • The sphenoids are located behind the eyes and below the brain.
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Example sentence • The strophoids were first studied by the French mathematician Charles Hermite.
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• of or relating to the thyroid gland
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• located near the base of the neck
Example sentence • The thyroids produce hormones that regulate metabolism.
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• a bacterial toxin that has been weakened until it is no longer toxic but is strong enough to induce the formation of antibodies and immunity to the specific disease caused by the toxin
Example sentence • The administration of toxoids can help protect against bacterial infections.
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• serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water
Example sentence • I had been suffering from typhoids for a long time.
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Example sentence • An injury to the xiphoids can cause extreme discomfort.
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• any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
Example sentence • The actinoids are located at the bottom row of the periodic table.
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Example sentence • The formation of allotetraploids can occur through hybridization and genome duplication.
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• one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
Example sentence • The fossils of ammonoids are commonly used to date and correlate ancient rocks.
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Example sentence • These amphiploids were obtained by crossing two different wheat species.
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Example sentence • The genetic stability of aneuploids is often compromised.
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