| functional electrical stimulation |
This is a technique, still in development, that uses electrical impulses to artificially trigger paralysed muscles to contract. Its effectiveness in helping the muscles involved in breathing, movement and urination in people with spinal cord injury, is being investigated.
출처: www.spinalnet.co.uk/EEndCom/GBCON/homepage.nsf/0/8...
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| fungus |
A type of infection caused by yeasts and molds. Common fungal infections in people with HIV infection include candida (thrush), cryptococcus, aspergillus, and histoplasma.
출처: www.thebody.com/hivnews/aidscare/dec97/pullout.htm...
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| fungicide |
A pesticide used to control or destroy fungi on food or grain crops.
출처: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossary.htm
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| Fungi |
Aerobic, multicellular, nonphotosynthetic, heterotrophic microorganisms. The fungi include mushrooms, yeast, molds, and smuts. Most fungi are saprophytes, obtaining their nourishment from dead organic matter. Along with bacteria, fungi are the principal organisms responsible for the decomposition of carbon in the biosphere. Fungi have two ecological advantages over bacteria: (1) they can grow in low moisture areas, and (2) they can grow in low pH environments. ...
출처: www.nsc.org/ehc/glossary.htm
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| Fungi |
organisms that use living or dead organisms as food by breaking them down and then absorbing the substances into their cells. Fungi make up one of the five kingdoms of living things on Earth. Mushrooms, yeast and molds are types of fungi.
출처: www.pbs.org/strangedays/glossary/F.html
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