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elongation

[ih-lawng-gay-shuhn, ih-long-, ee-lawng-, ee-long-] / ɪ lɔŋˈgeɪ ʃən, ɪ lɒŋ-, ˌi lɔŋ-, ˌi lɒŋ- /


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The team compared two different vascular changes: fatty narrowing of larger arteries and the widening and elongation of arteries within the brain.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026

"Definitely the elongation of the vowels like 'cheeeeese'!"

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024

That gradual elongation happened because workers were moving farther from their workplaces, often forced to the margins by the rising cost of housing in job centers.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2023

By revealing the exact mechanism through which SCFAs trigger dendritic elongation, this study has paved the way for new drugs that directly target dendritic cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2023

Because of their elongation the bullae resemble, in some degree, those of the ocelot.

From An Annotated Check List of the Mammals of Michoac?n, M?xico by Bernardo Villa R.




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