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[ree-ak-tiv] / riˈæk tɪv /




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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




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