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  • 31Gastric — Gas tric, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [1913 Webster] {Gastric digestion} (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach into… …

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  • 32Gastric digestion — Gastric Gas tric, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [1913 Webster] {Gastric digestion} (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach… …

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  • 33Gastric fever — Gastric Gas tric, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [1913 Webster] {Gastric digestion} (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach… …

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  • 34Gastric juice — Gastric Gas tric, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [1913 Webster] {Gastric digestion} (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach… …

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  • 35Gastric remittent fever — Gastric Gas tric, a. [Gr. ?, ?, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery. [1913 Webster] {Gastric digestion} (Physiol.), the conversion of the albuminous portion of food in the stomach… …

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  • 36Peptone — Pep tone, n. [Gr. ? cooked.] (Physiol. Chem.) (a) The soluble and diffusible substance or substances into which albuminous portions of the food are transformed by the action of the gastric and pancreatic juices. Peptones are also formed from… …

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  • 37Proteolytic — Pro te*o*lyt ic, a. [Proteid + Gr. ? to loose.] (Physiol.) Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and diffusible products, as peptones. The proteolytic ferment of the pancreas. Foster. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 38morphogen — noun Date: 1950 a diffusible chemical substance that exerts control over morphogenesis especially by forming a gradient in concentration …

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  • 39diffuse — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere to spread out, from dis + fundere to pour more at found Date: 15th century 1. being at once verbose and ill organized 2. not concentrated or localized <&#8230; …

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  • 40Evolutionary developmental biology — (evolution of development or informally, evo devo) is a field of biology that compares the developmental processes of different animals and plants in an attempt to determine the ancestral relationship between organisms and how developmental&#8230; …

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