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The building blocks of lignin that undergo polymerization.
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Browse Related Terms: monomer, Polymer, polymerization

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(MAH-nuh-mer) A molecule that can join with other identical monomers to form a larger structure called a polymer.
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Browse Related Terms: anterior, chondrocyte, dilate, glycosaminoglycan, keratan sulfate, posterior, proteoglycan

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A small molecule (in the biological sciences typically individual amino acids, nucleotides or monosaccharides) that can combine with identical or similar others to form a larger, more complex molecule called a polymer.
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Browse Related Terms: monolignols, Polymer, polymerization

Monomictic - permalink - collapse

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Lakes and reservoirs which are relatively deep, do not freeze over, and undergo a single stratification and mixing cycle during the year. These lakes and reservoirs usually become destratified during the mixing cycle, usually in the fall. Warm-water lakes which turn over annually, usually in winter, and where the temperature never falls below 4 degrees C.

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Browse Related Terms: Epilimnion, Freeze-thaw damage, Hypolimnetic, Hypolimnion, Isothermal, Lentic, Metalimnion, Overturn, stratification, Stratified reservoir, thermocline

This type of fat lowers "bad cholesterol", LDL, and leaves the "good cholesterol" HDL levels the same. These are usually liquid at room temperature. When looking at their molecular structure, there are two hydrogen atoms missing with a double bond between two carbon atoms replacing them. Monounsaturated fats include canola oil and olive oil.
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Browse Related Terms: Fats, Hydrogenated fats, Lipid, Lipids, Palm, Polyunsaturated fats, Saturated fat, Saturated fats, Unsaturated fat

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Oils containing mono-unsaturated fatty acids (i.e. where one -CH₂-CH₂- group in the hydrocarbon chain is replaced by -CH=CH-).
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Browse Related Terms: acyl carrier protein, canola, galactomannan, isomer, polyunsaturates

monozygotic twin - permalink - collapse

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One of a pair of twins derived from a single fertilized egg. Synonym: identical twin.
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Browse Related Terms: dizygotic twins, gametophytic incompatibility, gestation, identical twin, progesterone

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a climate pattern with a pronounced rainy season and a pronounced dry season that are accompanied by changes in wind patterns.
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Browse Related Terms: bipolar see-saw, chaotic, Climate System (or Earth System), deepwater, El Niï¿½, El Niï¿½ - Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Large-scale atmospheric processes, non-linear, Thermohaline Circulation, thermohaline circulation (THC)

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A thermally driven wind arising from differential heating between a land mass and the adjacent ocean that reverses its direction seasonally.
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Browse Related Terms: Along-slope Wind System, Anti-wind, Catalina Eddy, Cross-Valley Wind System, Down-Valley Wind, Downslope Flow, Forced Channeling, Glacier Wind, Gyres, Pressure-driven Channeling, Thermal Belt, Thermal Wind, Thermally Driven Circulation, Up-valley Wind, VLY

Montanide ISA-51 - permalink - collapse

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A drug used in vaccine therapy to stimulate the immune system.
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Browse Related Terms: anti-idiotype vaccine, attenuated, booster, cancer vaccine, GM2-KLH vaccine, hepatitis A vaccine, HPV vaccine, human papillomavirus vaccine, immunity, keyhole limpet hemocyanin, KLH, melanoma vaccine, mercury, QS21, resiquimod, tetanus toxoid, tyrosinase peptide, vaccinated, vaccination, Vaccine, vaccine adjuvant, vaccine therapy, whole cell vaccine

Monte Carlo simulation - permalink - collapse

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A Monte Carlo simulation can be used to analyze the return that an investment portfolio is capable of producing. It generates thousands of probable investment performance outcomes, called scenarios, that might occur in the future.
The simulation incorporates economic data such as a range of potential interest rates, inflation rates, tax rates, and so on. The data is combined in random order to account for the uncertainty and performance variation that's always present in financial markets.
Financial analysts may employ Monte Carlo simulations to project the probability of your retirement account investments producing the return you need to meet your long-term goals.

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Browse Related Terms: Beige Book, Random walk theory, Standard deviation, Stochastic modeling, Technical analysis

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(mon-teh-LOO-kast) The active ingredient in a drug used to treat symptoms of asthma, such as trouble breathing, tight chest, wheezing, coughing, and runny nose. Montelukast blocks the action of a substance that causes airways in the lungs to narrow and causes other symptoms of asthma. It is a type of leukotriene receptor antagonist and a type of antiasthmatic agent.
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Browse Related Terms: montelukast sodium, mung bean, Singulair

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