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Science of obtaining metals from their ores, refining them, and making them into various shapes and forms.  

Porphyrin combined with a metal, such as iron to form hemoglobin, or with magnesium to form chlorophyll.  

The property of some tissues of binding certain metal salts,  

Any element with physical and chemical characteristics intermediate between those of metals and nonmetals. The metalloids include antimony, arsenic, boron, germanium, polonium, silicon, and tellurium. Unlike metals, which conduct electricity, they are semiconductors.  

A peculiar ringing or bell-like auscultatory sound in pneumothorax over large pulmonary cavities.  

Recognition of metals by touching them.  

A syndrome resembling influenza, produced by inhalation of excessive concentrations of metallic oxide fumes such as zinc oxide or antimony, arsenic, brass, cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead, magnesium, manganese, mercury, nickel, or tin. It occurs in those whose occupations lead to exposure to these metals. This disorder is also called brass founder’s fever (brass chills)…

Moving apart, especially the moving of the two chromatids of each chromosome away from each other as they move to opposite poles in the anaphase of mitosis.  

A precursor of a neurotransmitter that is used for a variety of nuclear medicine studies, including the detection of neuroectodermal tumors (e.g., neuroblastoma or pheochromocytoma) and myocardial perfusion imaging.  

A species of intestinal flukes common in the Middle and Far East that normally infests the intestines of dogs, cats, and other animals, but is also commonly found in humans. Intermediate hosts are snails and fish, especially a species of trout, Plecoglossus altivelis.