| strobilus |
cone: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
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| strangle |
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" smother: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" die from strangulation hamper: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" choke: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing gag: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
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| strontium 90 |
a radioactive isotope of strontium (with the mass number 90) that is present in the fallout from nuclear explosions; can be assimilated like calcium into bones
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| striate vein |
inferior thalamostriate vein: tributaries to the basal vein
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| strophanthin |
a bitter and very toxic glycoside derived from plants of the genus Strophanthus; in moderate doses it is a cardiac stimulant but in larger doses it is a powerful poison; used in Africa as an arrow poison
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