reactive
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Reactive astrocytes, a type of brain cell that becomes activated in response to injury or disease, were found to play a crucial role in this process.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2024
Reactive oxygen molecules flood the lungs, and the extra bilirubin may help counteract their effects, Horsfall says.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 8, 2023
Reactive platforms like Twitter are today’s “Jerry Springer” and Kirkus Reviews rolled into one.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2020
Reactive barriers made of limestone can increase the pH of acid mine drainage, making the water less acidic and more basic, which removes dissolved contaminants by precipitation into a solid form.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Reactive changes in the vicinity of tuberculous joints are of common occurrence, and play a considerable part in the production of what is clinically known as white swelling.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Vocabulary lists containing reactive
Chemical Reactions - Introductory
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Matter and Energy 2: Properties of Matter, Chemical Reactions, and Energy
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The State of the Union Address 2015
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