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Cyclooxygenase-2
– definition :
- (noun)
- an enzyme that makes prostaglandins that cause inflammation and pain and fever (context:substance)
– Sample : “cyclooxygenase-2”
- the beneficial effects of NSAIDs result from their ability to block Cox-2
Cydonia
– definition :
- (noun)
- quince (context:plant)
Cyme
– definition :
- (noun)
- more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first (context:plant)
Cynoglossum amabile
– definition :
- (noun)
- biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers (context:plant)
Cypress
– definition :
- (noun)
- any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones (context:plant)
- wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus (context:plant)
Cypripedium parviflorum
– definition :
- (noun)
- maroon to purple-brown orchid with yellow lip; Europe, North America and Japan (context:plant)
Cystine
– definition :
- (noun)
- a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones (context:substance)
Cytogeny
– definition :
- (noun)
- the origin and development and variation of cells (context:process)
Cytosmear
– definition :
- (noun)
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope (context:body)
Cyclops
– definition :
- (noun)
- minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms (context:animal)
- (Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead (context:person)
