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Daughter
1. A female offspring. 2. A female adopted child. 3. A product of radioactive decay. 4. A cell resulting from cell division
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- Adenine (A) One member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base pair in DNA is G-C…
- Axon A long fiber of a nerve cell (a neuron) that acts somewhat like a fiber-optic cable carrying outgoing…
- Fear of new things An irrational fear of anything new, of innovation, of new situations, places, or things. Also called…
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- Artificial nose See: Nasal prosthesis
- Asp Aspartic acid. See also: Amino acid symbols