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all(a): quantifier; used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class; "we sat up all night"; "ate all the food"; "all men are mortal"; "all parties are welcome" completely given to or absorbed by; "became all attention" wholly: to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"
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| all-or-none |
occurring completely or not occurring at all
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| all-or-none law |
(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
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a retinal isomer formed from the 11-cis isomer upon bleaching of the photoreceptor proteins of the retina by light; the isomer dissociates from the opsins and is reconverted to the 11-cis isomer in the dark to renew the visual cycle.
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a rapidly progressing cancer of the blood in which too many immature (not fully formed) lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, are found in the bone marrow, blood, spleen, liver, and other organs.
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