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any of a class of organic compounds that polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones
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the change in a muscle by which it becomes thickened and shortened
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consicious inhibition of an impulse
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the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism.
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(of an organism or process) requiring the absence of or not dependent on the presence of oxygen
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the process by which organisms take in and utilize food material
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is the most general term and may be either physical or mental
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his potrntisl energy is the food stored uo in his body, particulary the glycogen in the liver and muscle
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the first menstrual period
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loss of appetite and inability to eat
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one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action
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a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina or strength
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any of various internally secreted compound, formed in endocrine glands
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the plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules, considered as a food source supplying essential amino acids to the body
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a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body
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the liquid part of blood or lymph, as distinguished from the suspended elements
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any of a group of complex proteins or conjugated proteins that are produced by living cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
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the removal for diagnostic study of a piece of tissue from a living body
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an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind. of structural material with a specific funtion.
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the cpacity for vigorous activity