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Albumin : [biochem definition]
Aliquot : in chemistry, a small subdivided sample, as when a strictly limited quantity of a substance is available and must be partitioned among multiple test.
Ammonia Compounds : [definition]
Factorial : in mathematics, a function that is the product of all positive integers less than N, denoted with the exclamation point. For instance, "4 factorial" is 24:
Phospholipid : [biochem definition]
Cholesterol : [biochem definition]
Ganymede : a moon of Jupiter.
Glass, Chemistry of : [definition]
Gold, Chemistry of : gold is a remarkably inert chemical element. The only solvent that can attack it is aqua regia, a combination of concentrated nitric (HNO3) and hydrochloric (HCl) acids.
Major axis of ellipse : the longer of the two perpendicular axes of an ellipse. See also minor axis.
Minor axis of ellipse : the shorter of the two perpendicular axes of an ellipse. See also major axis.
Nucleotide: [biochem definition]
Phospholipid : [biochem definition]
Plastic, Chemistry of : most plastics are hydrocarbon polymers.
Red Spot of Jupiter: an enormous cyclonic storm in Jupiter's southern atmosphere that has persisted for centuries.
Philology : [definition]
Silicates, Chemistry of : silicates are compounds of silicon and oxygen, the two most common elements in Earth's crust.
Sulfhydryl: [biochem definition]
Synapse : in neuroanatomy, the gap between the dendrite of one neuron and the axon of the next. A neural signal crosses the synapse by means of neurotransmitters; the electrical propagation along the first neuron induces the release from vesicles of the neurotransmitters, which diffuse across the gap and trigger receptors on the next neuron, inducing a new electrical signal.
Vitamin : [biochem definition]
Vitellin : [biochem definition]
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