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  • 91hemostasis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek haimostasis styptic, from haimo hem + stasis Date: 1843 arrest of bleeding …

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  • 92ischemia — noun Etymology: New Latin ischaemia, from ischaemus styptic, from Greek ischaimos, from ischein to restrain (akin to Greek echein to hold) + haima blood more at scheme Date: 1855 deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain)… …

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  • 93alum — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French alum, alun, from Latin alumen Date: 14th century 1. a potassium aluminum sulfate KAl(SO4)2•12H2O or an ammonium aluminum sulfate NH4Al(SO4)2•12H2O used especially as an emetic and as an… …

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  • 94astringent — I. adjective Etymology: probably from Middle French, from Latin astringent , astringens, present participle of astringere to bind fast, from ad + stringere to bind tight more at strain Date: 1541 1. causing contraction of soft organic tissues ;… …

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  • 95Taste — (or, more formally, gustation) is a form of direct chemoreception and is one of the traditional five senses. It refers to the ability to detect the flavor of substances such as food and poisons. In humans and many other vertebrate animals the… …

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  • 96Plantago — Taxobox name = Plantago (Plantains) image width = 250px image caption = Greater Plantain ( Plantago major ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Plantaginaceae genus = Plantago genus authority …

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  • 97Creosote — For other uses, see Creosote (disambiguation). Creosote is the portion of chemical products obtained by the distillation of a tar that remains heavier than water, notably useful for its anti septic and preservative properties.[1] It is produced… …

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  • 98Phormium — New Zealand flax Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 99Titanium dioxide — Chembox new Name = Titanium dioxide ImageFile = Titanium(IV) oxide.jpg ImageSize = 200px ImageName = Titanium(IV) oxide ImageFile1 = Rutile unit cell 3D balls.png ImageSize1 = 200px ImageName1 = The unit cell of rutile IUPACName = Titanium… …

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  • 100Geranium robertianum — Taxobox name = Herb Robert image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Geraniales familia = Geraniaceae genus = Geranium species = G. robertianum binomial = Geranium robertianum binomial authority …

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