| Starling curve |
a graphic representation of cardiac output, or other measure of ventricular performance, as a function of ventricular filling for a given level of contractility; as atrial pressure and venous return increase, cardiac output initially increases proportionately, then plateaus and decreases. Called also ventricular function c.
Ãâó: www.merckmedicus.com/pp/us/hcp/thcp_dorlands_conte...
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| starter |
A circuit that vaporizes mercury in a fluorescent light.
Ãâó: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072480823/student_...
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| starch |
(ME strechen, to stiffen) A complex insoluble carbohydrate, consisting of various proportions of two glucose polymers, amylose and amylopectin; the chief food storage substance of plants, which is composed of several hundred hexose sugar units and which easily breaks down on hydrolysis into these separate units.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E22.htm
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| starch |
A complex carbohydrate made up of many glucose molecules linked together and found in foods like potatoes, wheat, rice, and corn.
Ãâó: science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih2/oral-he...
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| Starling |
an extension at the upstream end or at both ends of a pier that is built with battered surfaces, forming a cutwater to divide and deflect waters and floating debris. When on the downstream end, the starling functions to reduce crosscurrents and swirl and eddy actions that produce sand, silt, and debris deposits
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