function
Example Sentences
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Social relationships, both the deep ones and the fleeting exchanges, reduce stress hormones, lower blood pressure, reduce inflammation, strengthen immune function and make you happier.
When the child becomes an adult, the account will generally function like a traditional individual retirement arrangement.
From Barron's
This shift alters immune function and weakens the body's ability to respond to disease.
From Science Daily
Along with his British research partner, Francis Crick, the US biologist James Watson made one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th Century - the structure and function of DNA in the human body.
From BBC
The team then measured changes in pain severity, physical function, and the occurrence of adverse events.
From Science Daily
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