| attosecond | (noun) one quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond | - |
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| autosexing | (noun) (especially of domestic fowl) breeding to reveal differential sex characteristics at hatching | - |
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| comatoseness | (noun) a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury | Synonyms: coma |
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| femtosecond | (noun) one quadrillionth (10^-15) of a second; one thousandth of a picosecond | - |
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| fructose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose |
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| galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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| galactosemia | (noun) a genetic disease (autosomal recessive) in which an enzyme needed to metabolize galactose is deficient or absent; typically develops shortly after birth | - |
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| heptose | (noun) a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms. | - |
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| ketoheptose | (noun) A seven-carbon sugar possessing a ketone group. | - |
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| ketose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | - |
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| lactose | (noun) a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk | Synonyms: milk sugar |
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| maltose | (noun) a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches | Synonyms: malt sugar |
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| pentose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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| photosensitivity | (noun) sensitivity to the action of radiant energy | Synonyms: radiosensitivity |
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| somatosense | (noun) any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | - |
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