Category: C
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Conjugate
Coupled, connected. A molecule created by fusing together (e.g., via recombination or chemically) two unlike (different) molecules. The purpose of this is to create a molecule in which one of the original molecules has one function, for example, a toxic, cell-killing function, while the other original molecule has another function, such as targeting the toxin…
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Conical
Cone-shaped, more or less.
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Conglutinate
As if glued together.
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Conglomerate
Clustered. An aggregation in one mass.
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Congested
Crowded. With blood or fluid inside. Containing an abnormal amount of blood or tissue fluid. An accumulation of an excessive amount of blood in a specific area, leading to a condition of congestion.
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Congeneric
Belonging to the same genus.
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Congener
Another species within the same genus. Chemical compounds that are the by products or waste products from the distillation of alcohol. Two or more muscles with the same function.
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Conform
(Of terminal fern pinnae) of the same shape as the others.
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Confluent
Coming together and merging. Blended together. The blending together of the intellectual and affective side of humans. Merging, joining, running together (e.g., confluent tissues, pustules, or lesions). Running together, or joined, as when adjacent rashes merge. The term “coalescence” refers to the process of merging or coming together. It is employed, for instance, to describe…
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Conflorescence
A compound inflorescence, consisting of two or more part-inflorescences, in which the main axis does not end in a flower, but the axes of the branches do [obscure term].