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torch

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A gas-mixing and burning tool that produces a hot flame for the welding or cutting of metal. The torch usually delivers acetylene and commercially pure oxygen producing a flame ...

acetal

Science; General science

A geminal diether (R 1 = H). Ketals, considered a subclass of acetals, are also geminal diethers (R 1 = C, aliphatic or aromatic). Acetals are (1) independent ...

lethal gene

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A gene which brings about the death of the organism carrying it. Lethal genes constitute the most common class of gene changes (that is, mutations) and are reflections of the ...

nervous system disorders

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A general classification of the disorders or diseases that impact upon the nervous system. An understanding of diseases of the nervous system should include not only the type of ...

phase equilibrium

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A general field of physical chemistry dealing with the various situations in which two or more phases (or states of aggregation) can coexist in thermodynamic equilibrium with each ...

poison ivy

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A general name applied to certain species of the genus Toxicodendron , previously known as Rhus , in the sumac family (Anacardiaceae). Toxicodendron radicans is the poison ivy ...

globulin

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A general name for any member of a heterogeneous group of serum proteins precipitated by 50% saturated ammonium sulfate, and thus differing from albumin, the protein present in ...

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