| isolate |
place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates" obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound" sequester: set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on" separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them
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| isolation |
a state of separation between persons or groups the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others a feeling of being disliked and alone (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it a country's withdrawal from international politics; "he opposed a policy of American isolation"
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| isoperistaltic anastomosis |
enterostomy in which the intestinal segments are so joined that the peristaltic waves in the two conjoined portions progress in the same direction.
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| isodynamic equivalent |
the ratio, from a food-energy standpoint, between carbohydrate and fat. It is 9.3 to 4.1, or 2.3 to 1; that is, one part of fat is equivalent to 2.3 parts of sugar or starch.
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| isohydric cycle |
the series of chemical reactions in the erythrocyte, in which the uptake of CO 2 and the release of O 2 are accomplished without the production of an excess of hydrogen ions (H + ). See also buffer.
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