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  • 101memory cells — Cells of the immune system that remember the first encounter with an antigen and facilitate the more rapid secondary response when the antigen is encountered on a subsequent occasion. The long lasting immune memory is humoral and resides in B… …

    Dictionary of molecular biology

  • 102memory cell — Immunol. any small, long lived lymphocyte that has previously encountered a given antigen and that on reexposure to the same antigen rapidly initiates the immune response (memory T cell) or proliferates and produces large amounts of specific… …

    Universalium

  • 103Memory, anterograde — Loss of short term memory with retention of memories from the distant past (long term memory) …

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  • 104memory like a sieve —    If somebody can t retain things for long in his or her memory and quickly forgets, he or she has a memory like a sieve. A sieve has lots of tiny holes in it to let liquids out while keeping the solids inside.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 105memory cell — mem′ory cell n. imu a long lived cell of the immune system that has previously encountered a specific antigen and that upon reexposure produces large amounts of antibody(memory B cell)or rapidly initiates cell mediated immunity(memory T cell) …

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  • 106Memory like a sieve —   If somebody can t retain things for long in his or her memory and quickly forgets, he or she has a memory like a sieve. A sieve has lots of tiny holes in it to let liquids out while keeping the solids inside …

    Dictionary of English idioms

  • 107Long Trip Alone (song) — Infobox Single Name = Long Trip Alone Cover size = Caption = Artist = Dierks Bentley Album = Long Trip Alone A side = B side = Released = start date|2006|12 Format = CD Single Recorded = 2006 Genre = Country Length = 3:43 Label = Capitol… …

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  • 108Long Term Parking — Infobox Television episode | Title = Long Term Parking Series = The Sopranos Season = 5 Episode = 64 Writer = Terence Winter Director = Tim Van Patten Guests= see below Production = 512 Airdate= May 23, 2004 Episode list = Episode chronology Prev …

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  • 109long-term potentiation — noun Date: 1984 a long lasting strengthening of the response of a postsynaptic nerve cell to stimulation across the synapse that occurs with repeated stimulation and is thought to be related to learning and long term memory abbreviation LTP …

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  • 110long-term potentiation — Increase in the strength of transmission at a synapse with repetitive use that lasts for more than a few minutes. As a form of long term synaptic plasticity it is important as a possible cellular basis of learning and memory storage. It has been… …

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