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11Mechanotransduction — refers to the many mechanisms by which cells convert mechanical stimulus into chemical activity.[1][2] Contents 1 Tendon 2 Ear 3 …
12List of oil field acronyms — Contents 1 # 2 A 3 B 4 C …
13ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
14bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… …
15Australopithecus — /aw stray loh pith i keuhs, peuh thee keuhs, aw streuh /, n. an extinct genus of small brained,large toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa between one and four million years ago. Cf. australopithecine. [ < NL (1905), equiv. to austral(is) …
16Red blood cell — Human red blood cells (6 8μm) Red blood cells (abbreviated RBCs; also referred to as erythrocytes or simply, as red cells[1]) are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism s principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the… …
17Orb-weaver spider — Argiope catenulata Scientific classification Kingdom …
18Norden bombsight — The Norden bombsight at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. This example does not have the associated autopilot attached …
19wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
20Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …
