foreign substance
81adsorb — ad*sorb v. t. to attract and bind (molecules of a substance in a fluid) so as to form a thin layer on the surface, by non electrostatic forces; to bind by adsorption. Distinguished from {absorb}, in which the foreign substance penetrates the body …
82adsorption — n. 1. 1 the process by which molecules of a substance form a thin film on the surface of a solid. Distinguished from {absorption}, in which the foreign substance penetrates the body of the absorbing material. Syn: surface assimilation [WordNet… …
83Eyestone — Eye stone ([imac] st[=o]n ), n. 1. A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family {Turbinid[ae]}, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the …
841982 Chicago Tylenol murders — Seven fatal Tylenol poisonings, code named TYMURS by the FBI, took place in the autumn of 1982 in the Chicago area in the United States. These poisonings involved Extra Strength Tylenol medicine capsules which had been laced with potassium… …
85Jess Willard — Statistics Real name Jess Willard Nickname(s) Great White Hope[1] …
86Pine tar — is a sticky material produced by the high temperature carbonization of pine wood in anoxic conditions (dry distillation or destructive distillation). The wood is rapidly decomposed by applying heat and pressure in a closed container; the primary… …
87antibody-mediated immunity — /an ti bod ee mee dee ay tid, an tee /, Immunol. immunity conferred to an individual through the activity of B cells and their progeny, which produce circulating antibodies in response to the presence of a foreign substance and recognize the… …
88diphtheria — /dif thear ee euh, dip /, n. Pathol. a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, esp. the throat. [1850 55; < NL < F diphthérie < Gk …
89hole — n Hole, hollow, cavity, pocket, void, vacuum are comparable when they mean an open or unfilled space in a thing. Hole may apply to an opening in a solid body that is or that suggests a depression or an excavation {those holes where eyes did once… …
90antibody — /ˈæntibɒdi / (say anteebodee) noun (plural antibodies) any of various proteins which are produced by a vertebrate as a result of the presence of a foreign substance in the body and which act to neutralise or remove that substance …
