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  • 41pancreatic cancer — Malignant tumour of the pancreas. Risk factors include smoking, a diet high in fat, exposure to certain industrial products, and diseases such as diabetes and chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatic cancer is more common in men. Symptoms often do not… …

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  • 42plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction       an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions.       All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… …

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  • 43Drosera — Sundew redirects here. For other uses, see Sundew (disambiguation). For other uses, see Drosera (disambiguation). Drosera Drosera tokaiensis …

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  • 44Biological pigment — The Blue Morpho butterfly, native to Central America, derives its distinctive blue coloring from iridescence rather than from pigmentation. Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes[1] are substances produced by living… …

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  • 45sunblock — sun·block sən .bläk n a preparation (as a lotion) applied to the skin to prevent sunburn (as by physically blocking out ultraviolet radiation) also its active ingredient (as titanium dioxide) compare sunscreen * * * sun·block (sunґblok″) a… …

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  • 46prevent — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively ▪ This new legislation effectively prevents us from trading. ▪ reliably, successfully ▪ a study to determine whether the brace can reliably prevent knee injuries ▪ …

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  • 47for — [[t]fə(r), STRONG fɔː(r)[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, for is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information, and in phrasal verbs such as account for and make up for . It is also used with… …

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