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  • 51toxin — /tok sin/, n. any poison produced by an organism, characterized by antigenicity in certain animals and high molecular weight, and including the bacterial toxins that are the causative agents of tetanus, diphtheria, etc., and such plant and animal …

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  • 52nutritional disease — Introduction       any of the nutrient related diseases and conditions that cause illness in humans. They may include deficiencies or excesses in the diet, obesity and eating disorders, and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease,… …

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  • 53Defense in insects — Biston betularia: the melanic carbonaria (left) and the more common light colored typica (right) Insects have a wide variety of predators, including birds, reptiles, amphibians …

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  • 54List of words having different meanings in British and American English: A–L — Differences between American and British English American English …

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  • 55Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety.       In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …

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  • 56vegetable — /vej teuh beuhl, vej i teuh /, n. 1. any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower. 2. the edible part of such a… …

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  • 57Russula —   Russula …

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  • 58Pern — For pern, the bird, see Honey Buzzard. For the commune in France, see Pern, Lot. Map of Pern (Dutch language) Pern is a fictional planet created by Anne McCaffrey for the Dragonriders of Pern series of fantasy and science fiction books …

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  • 59Morchella — Morel redirects here. For other uses, see Morel (disambiguation). Morel A black morel in Poland Scientific classification Kingdo …

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  • 60Russula — Taxobox name = Russula image width = 250px image caption = The Sickener ( R. emetica ) regnum = Fungi subregnum = Dikarya phylum = Basidiomycota subphylum = Agaricomycotina classis = Agaricomycetes ordo = Russulales ordo = Russulales familia =… …

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