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  • 41digestive system, human — Introduction  the system used in the human body for the process of digestion. The human digestive system consists primarily of the digestive tract (alimentary canal), or the series of structures and organs through which food and liquids pass… …

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  • 42fistula — An abnormal passage from one epithelial surface to another epithelial surface. [L. a pipe, a tube] abdominal f. a fistulous passage connecting one of the abdominal viscera …

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  • 43galactosis — Formation of milk by the lacteal glands. [galacto + G. osis, condition] * * * gal·ac·to·sis .ga .lak tō səs n, pl to·ses .sēz a secretion of milk * * * gal·ac·to·sis (gal″ak toґsis) the formation of milk by the lacteal glands …

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  • 44villus — 1. A projection from the surface, especially of a mucous membrane. If the projection is minute, as from a cell surface, it is termed a microvillus. 2. An elongated dermal papilla projecting into an intraepidermal …

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  • 45Semiliquidity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Semiliquidity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 semiliquidity semiliquidity Sgm: N 1 stickiness stickiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 viscidity viscidity viscosity Sgm: N 1 gummosity gummosity glutinosity mucosity …

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  • 46lac´te|al|ly — lac|te|al «LAK tee uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of milk; like milk; milky: »a lacteal secretion. 2. carrying chyle, a milky liquid formed from digested food: »lacteal vessels. –n. any one of the tiny lymphatic vessels that carry chyle from the …

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  • 47lac|te|al — «LAK tee uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. of milk; like milk; milky: »a lacteal secretion. 2. carrying chyle, a milky liquid formed from digested food: »lacteal vessels. –n. any one of the tiny lymphatic vessels that carry chyle from the small… …

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  • 48Bacterium lacticum — Lactic Lac tic, a. [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactique. See {Lacteal}, and cf. {Galactic}.] (Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. [1913 Webster] {Lactic acid}… …

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  • 49Bacterium lactis — Lactic Lac tic, a. [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactique. See {Lacteal}, and cf. {Galactic}.] (Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. [1913 Webster] {Lactic acid}… …

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  • 50C3H6O3 — Lactic Lac tic, a. [L. lac, lactis, milk: cf. F. lactique. See {Lacteal}, and cf. {Galactic}.] (Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to milk; procured from sour milk or whey; as, lactic acid; lactic fermentation, etc. [1913 Webster] {Lactic acid}… …

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