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Release
RELEASE A contractual agreement by which one individual assents to relinquish a claim or right under the law to another individual against whom such claim or right is enforceable. The right or claim given up in a release ordinarily involves contracts or torts. A general release encompasses all... Read more |
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release factor
release factor (RF) A protein that terminates translation of messenger RNA (mRNA) during protein synthesis and releases the completed polypeptide chain from the ribosome. It recognizes a stop codon in the mRNA and attaches to the A site of the ribosome (the binding site for an aminoacyl tRNA... Read more |
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cluster munitions
cluster bomb a bomb that releases a number of projectiles on impact to injure or damage personnel and vehicles.... Read more |
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Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst
Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst , 1858-1928, British woman suffragist. Disappointed in the disinterest in women's suffrage shown by the Liberal party, the Fabian Society, and the Independent Labour party, she founded (1903) her own movement, the Women's Social and Political Union. Using spectacular... Read more |
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disappointment
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gonadotropic hormone
gonadotropic hormone or gonadotropin, any one of three glycoprotein (see protein ) hormones released by either the anterior pituitary gland or the placenta (the organ in which maternal and fetal blood exchange nutrients and waste products) that have various effects upon the ovaries and... Read more |
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Barabbas
Barabbas [Aram.,=son of the father], bandit held in jail at the time of Jesus' arrest. Pontius Pilate, who, according to the Gospels, annually released a prisoner at Passover, offered to release Jesus, but the people demanded his death and Barabbas' delivery.... Read more |
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prothoracicotropic hormone
prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) An insect hormone, released by glands (corpora allata) on either side of the brain, that stimulates release of the moulting hormone, ecdysone, from the prothoracic glands. PTTH isolated from the moth Manduca Sexta is a 30-kDa protein consisting of two identical... Read more |
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Ovulation
ovulation The release of an egg cell from the ovary, which in mammals is stimulated by luteinizing hormone. The developing egg cell within its follicle migrates to the ovary surface; when mature, it is released from the follicle (which breaks open) into the body cavity, from where it passes into the... Read more |
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