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  Fertilisation

  Fertilisation, also spelt fertilization (also known as conception, fecundation and syngamy), is fusion of gametes to form a new organism of the same species. In animals, the process involves a sperm ... > more
• Seeds
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  Canola

  Canola is a trademarked cultivar of the rapeseed plant from which rapeseed oil is obtained. It was initially bred in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur Stefansson in the 1970s. Canola Oil is a term ... > more
• Cholesterol
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  Cholesterol

  Cholesterol is a sterol and a lipid found in the cell membranes of all body tissues, and transported in the blood plasma of all animals. Cholesterol plays a central role in many biochemical ... > more
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  Sweating

  Sweating (also called perspiration or sometimes transpiration) is the loss of a watery fluid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride (commonly known as salt) and urea in solution, that is secreted by ... > more
• Kidney Disease
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  Dialysis

  In medicine, renal dialysis is a method for removing waste such as urea from the blood when the kidneys are incapable of this (i.e. in renal failure). In acute renal failure, (renal) dialysis is ... > more
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  Fungus
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  Button mushroom

  The Button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is a gilled fungus which naturally occurs in Europe and North America, though now occurs much more widely. Also called the table mushroom, white mushroom, ... > more
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  Ginger

  Ginger root is used extensively as a spice in many if not most cuisines of the world. Though called a root, it is actually the rhizome of the monocotyledonous perennial plant Zingiber officinale. The ... > more
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  Green tea

  Green tea is a "true" tea (i.e. Camellia sinensis) that has undergone minimal oxidation during processing. The first of the less processed teas were white ... > more
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  Chlorine

  Chlorine is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is a halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17. As the chloride ion, which is part of common salt and other compounds, ... > more
• Heartburn
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  Heartburn

  Heartburn or pyrosis is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone caused by regurgitation of gastric acid. The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the ... > more

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