blood plasma
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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blood plasma The liquid component of blood, accounting for about half the total volume of the blood. Plasma is a solution of nutrients and various proteins, mainly albumin and various globulins, including the immunoglobulins which are responsible for much of the body's defence against infection, and some
adverse reactions to foods. When blood has clotted (see
blood clotting), the resultant fluid is known as serum. See also
lipids, plasma.
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82-MM CHINESE RECOILLESS GUN SEIZED FROM MILITANT HIDEOUT.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 1/8/2004; 375 words
; ...DISTRICT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, A TOP DEFENCE OFFICIAL SAID ON THURSDAY. ON AN INTELLIGENC INPUT, TROOPS OF PARAMILITARY RASTRIYA RIFLES RECOVERED THE DEADLY GUN ALONG WITH HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS FROM A HIGH ALTITUDE HIDEOUT IN BANIHAL HILLS OF DODA DISTRICT BESIDES...
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Target air rifle zero shifting. (Holding Zeros, part 3) (column)
Magazine article from: Shooting Industry; 3/1/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...its motion. The recoilless factor of the high...Olympic-type air rifles permits a trainee...setting of the rifle. This can range...me to load his rifle for every practice...we didn't have recoilless air rifles and I was not aware...through with air rifles and pistols ...
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TWO U.N. WORKERS KILLED IN KABUL BLAST
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 7/28/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...machine guns, six AK-47 assault rifles, one mine, and 40 82 mm mortar rounds. Seventy 82 mm recoilless-rifle rounds, 85 SPG-9 recoilless-rifle rounds, 15 82 mm recoilless rifles, and 227 fuses were also found...
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New Iranian Naval Weapon: High-Speed Patrol Boats; Vessels Called Threat to Reflagged Tankers
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 7/26/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...hand-fired rockets and 106 mm recoilless cannon capable of piercing the...RPG7 rocket launchers and 106 mm recoilless cannons mounted on the stern...explosives, rocket launchers or recoilless rifles. He said this is not enough...
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ANSF, CF CAUSE INSURGENTS TO FLEE, DISCOVER IED, WEAPONS CACHE IN ZABUL
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/14/2008; 394 words
; ...arms, heavy-machine gun, and recoilless-rifle fire. The ANSF force returned...weapons cache consisting of a recoilless rifle, three heavy machine guns...regrouped and began to fire 82 mm recoilless rifle rounds and small-arms...
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Training the Trainers-The Arch Carpenter Way
Magazine article from: Army; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...brigade commander. The rifle companies of the airborne...consisted of four 46-man rifle platoons; a weapons...mortars and two 106 mm recoilless rifles; supply, communications...in each of the four rifle platoons, six jeeps...mortars, two 106 mm recoilless rifle jeeps and ...
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AFGHAN, COALITION TROOPS DETAIN 11, REPEL MILITANT ATTACK
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 3/14/2008; ; 541 words
; ...arms, heavy-machine gun and recoilless-rifle fire. The Afghans returned fire...weapons cache consisting of a recoilless rifle, three heavy machine guns...regrouped and began to direct 82 mm recoilless-rifle rounds and small-arms...
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Afghanistan Armed Forces at a Glance
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/7/2001; ; 420 words
; ...50,000. --Small arms: AK assault rifles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles. --Armored forces (650 vehicles total...guns, rocket-propelled grenades, recoilless rifles. --Armored forces (60-70...
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Afghan Guerrillas Creating New Units; Training Emphasizes Unity, Discipline
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/26/1987; ; 700+ words
; ...combat fatigues with an assault rifle slung across his back, watched...echoing with the storm of rifle fire and the whine of bullets...specialist in mortars and recoilless rifles-and a veteran of years of...mortars, heavy machine guns, recoilless rifles and ground-to-ground...
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AS I SEE IT Battle lines drawn on the Big Lake
Newspaper article from: News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL); 9/6/2006; 663 words
; ...floating in the lake? Let a rifle squad handle it. To protect...caliber machine guns, 106mm recoilless rifles, bazookas, howitzers and anything...Indoor ranges would hamper recoilless rifle training. Apparently, after...
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recoilless rifle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
recoilless rifle light artillery piece, without recoil, usually operated by two...recoil mechanism and thus is light enough to be carried by one man. Recoilless rifles use a perforated artillery cartridge case that allows a portion of...
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Rifle, Recoilless
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
RIFLE, RECOILLESS RIFLE, RECOILLESS, a lightweight, air-cooled, manually operated, breech-loading, single-shot, direct-fire weapon used primarily for defense against tanks. The pressure to the front equals the force to the rear...
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M‐16 Rifle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
M‐16 Rifle. The prototype for the M‐16 rifle was developed by Armalik...right to manufacture the rifles. This rifle could fire in either semiautomatic...favored a light, almost recoilless rifle, field‐...
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Middle East, U.S. Military Involvement in the
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...amounts of Soviet arms during the late 1950s, America moved to ensure Israeli security by providing Tel Aviv with recoilless rifles in 1958, antiaircraft missiles in 1962, battle tanks in 1965, and jet fighters in 1966. In May 1967, Egypt...
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military tank
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...amphibious landings and clearing mines. Antitank weapons were developed, such as bazookas, armor-piercing shells, recoilless rifles, and antitank missiles, as well as airplanes armed with rockets and bombs. Since World War II the basic features...
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