substance

  • 21substance — noun 1 material ADJECTIVE ▪ addictive, cancer causing (esp. AmE), carcinogenic, dangerous, harmful, hazardous, noxious, poisonous, radioactive, toxic …

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  • 22Substance P — protein Name = tachykinin, precursor 1 caption = Spacefilling model of substance P width = 180 HGNCid = 11517 Symbol = TAC1 AltSymbols = TAC2, NKNA EntrezGene = 6863 OMIM = 162320 RefSeq = NM 003182 UniProt = P20366 PDB = ECnumber = Chromosome =… …

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  • 23substance */*/*/ — UK [ˈsʌbstəns] / US noun Word forms substance : singular substance plural substances 1) [countable] a particular type of liquid, solid, or gas The wood is coated with a special substance that protects it from the sun. a… …

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  • 24SUBSTANCE — n. f. T. de Philosophie Ce qui subsiste par soi même, indépendamment de tout accident. Chez les catholiques, c’est un article de foi que, dans le mystère de l’Eucharistie, la substance du pain et du vin se change au corps et au sang de JÉSUS… …

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  • 25substance — sub|stance W3 [ˈsʌbstəns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(material)¦ 2¦(truth)¦ 3¦(ideas)¦ 4¦(importance)¦ 5 man/woman of substance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin substantia, from substare to stand under ] 1.) …

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  • 26substance — sub|stance [ sʌbstəns ] noun *** 1. ) count a particular type of liquid, solid, or gas: The wood is coated with a special substance that protects it from the sun. a hazardous/harmful/radioactive substance: Some workers had developed cancer after… …

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  • 27substance — noun 1 MATERIAL (C) a type of solid or liquid that has particular characteristics: a sticky substance | radioactive substances | Heroin is an illegal substance. 2 IDEAS (singular, uncountable) formal the most important ideas contained in an… …

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  • 28substance — 01. Ben Johnson lost his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after an illegal [substance] was found in his urine sample. 02. Cigarettes contain a lot of poisonous [substances] that people aren t aware of, in addition to the nicotine and tar. 03. The …

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  • 29substance — n. drug 1) (AE) a controlled substance ( a drug regulated by law ) 2) (misc.) substance abuse meaningful quality 3) substance to (is there any substance to their claim?) 4) (misc.) a person of substance matter 5) a chemical; hard; oily; pure;… …

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  • 30substance — [[t]sʌ̱bstəns[/t]] ♦♦♦ substances 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties. There s absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don t include poisonous substances... The …

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