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61Ice bath — Champion weightlifter Karyn Marshall took an ice bath after an event in 2011. In sports therapy, an ice bath or sometimes a cold water immersion or cold therapy is a training regimen usually following a period of intense exercise[1] …
62membranes — Consists of an asymmetrical lipid bilayer that has lateral fluidity and contains proteins. The coating of a biological cell, in and through which the osmotic mechanism of nutrient supply operates …
63background — background, setting, environment, milieu, mise en scène, backdrop are comparable when they refer to persons and their actions as found in real life or as represented in art and denote the place, time, circumstances, and conditions in which those… …
64abscission — Physiological process in which a corky cell layer forms across an axis, cutting off water and nutrient supply to the distal portion and resulting in its loss, as in loss of a leaf, leaf like organ, or section of stem. See also caducous,… …
65hardening off — Adapting glasshouse or controlled environment grown plants to outdoor conditions by reducing availability of water, lowering the temperature, increasing light intensity, or reducing the nutrient supply. The hardening off process conditions plants …
66Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …
67nutrition, human — Introduction process by which substances in food are transformed into body tissues and provide energy for the full range of physical and mental activities that make up human life. The study of human nutrition is interdisciplinary in… …
68Agriculture — General …
69feed — feedable, adj. /feed/, v., fed, feeding, n. v.t. 1. to give food to; supply with nourishment: to feed a child. 2. to yield or serve as food for: This land has fed 10 generations. 3. to provide as food. 4. to furnish for consumption. 5. to… …
70Hydroponics — (from the Greek words hydro (water) and ponos (labour) is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium,… …
