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kwashiorkor

Subject: 

  • Life Sciences

a form of malnutrition caused by a severe shortage of protein in the diet.

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carbon monoxide
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Life Sciences

colourless, odourless highly poisonous gas.

fossil
Subject:
Life Sciences

preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived long ago.

pleural cavity
Subject:
Life Sciences

the space that exists between the two layers of the pleura.

waste management
Subject:
Life Sciences

the collection and disposal or recycling of waste materials and the monitoring of waste.

synovial joint
Subject:
Life Sciences

the most common and most movable type of joint in the body of a mammal e.g. the elbow.