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To prevent an action happening, or stop a functional process.  

The process by which genetically controlled characteristics pass from parents to offspring. All of the qualities and characteristics which are passed down from parents. Acquisition of characteristics and conditions by transmission (of genetic material) from parents to offspring; the total genetic makeup of an individual. The transfer of characteristics, traits and disorders from parents to…

To receive genetically controlled characteristics from a parent.  

Referring to a thing which is part of the essential character of a person or a permanent characteristic of an organism. Belonging to anything naturally, not as a result of circumstance.  

A small device for administering medicinal substances into the mouth or nose so that they can be breathed in. Device used to deliver medication in an aerosol form that can be inhaled by people with asthma or other respiratory diseases. Inhalers are small, portable, and practical. They are used to deliver measured doses of drugs…

To breathe in, or breathe something in. To breathe in a medicinal substance as part of a treatment.  

The part of the body where the lower abdomen joins the top of the thigh. The groin that area of the body where the lower part of the abdomen meets the upper thigh. The inguinal ligaments extend on each side from the superior spines of the iliac bones to the pubic bone. It is also…

A ligament in the groin, running from the spine to the pubis. A ligament in the groin that extends from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle. It is part of the aponeurosis of the external oblique muscle of the abdomen. The ligament extending from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic…

Food or liquid that enters the body via the mouth. Solid and liquid materials taken into the mouth. Food and drink that is taken into the alimentary canal through the mouth. Food and drink received into the body through the mouth.