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- 3. the plant or animal tissue rich in such molecules, considered as a food source supplying essential amino acids to the body.
- 4. any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.
- 11. to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue
- 12. food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health
- 14. to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition
- 16. unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- 17. to put through exercises, or forms of practice or exertion, designed to train, develop, condition, or the like
- 18. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically
- 23. health
- 24. possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality
- 25. restoration or return to health from sickness
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- 1. system a diffuse, complex network of interacting cells, cell products, and cell-forming tissues that protects the body from pathogens and other foreign substances, destroys infected and malignant cells, and removes cellular debris: the system includes the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes and lymph tissue, stem cells, white blood cells, antibodies, and lymphokines.
- 2. not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- 5. the act of examining; inspection; inquiry; investigation.
- 6. adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result
- 7. conferring benefit; advantageous; helpful
- 8. any preparation used as a preventive inoculation to confer immunity against a specific disease, usually employing an innocuous form of the disease agent, as killed or weakened bacteria or viruses, to stimulate antibody production.
- 9. to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- 10. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- 13. to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger
- 15. a means of healing or restoring to health
- 19. the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total ( opposed to minority )
- 20. it being the case that, or considering that (used especially in formal preambles)
- 21. having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way
- 22. to deal with (a disease, patient, etc.) in order to relieve or cure