| collagen |
Fibrous protein in bones and connective tissue, it is also present in the eye. One type of vision correction surgery heats collagen around the edges of the cornea (which lets light into the eye). This procedure reshapes the cornea, helping it focus light right onto the retina, for clearer vision.
Ãâó: www.allaboutvision.com/resources/glossary.htm
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| colligative property |
Any property of a solution that changes when the concentration changes. Examples are color, flavor, boiling point, melting point, and osmotic pressure.
Ãâó: misterguch.brinkster.net/vocabulary.html
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| colloid |
It's a suspension.
Ãâó: misterguch.brinkster.net/vocabulary.html
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| collarette |
the remnant of a cell wall present at the tip of a phiglide. It is the result of the rupture of the tip of the conidiogenous cell during the release of the first phialoconidium. Also, the ring of cell wall material around a sporangiophore left by the peridium of a sporangium when it dissolves or is broken.
Ãâó: www.ec.upstate.edu/medtech/microb/glossary.htm
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| collimator |
A shield placed in the path of a primary beam to restrict the size of that radiation beam.
Ãâó: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/ccrpb/publication/safety...
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