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grafting collapse

inversion collapse: the act of turning inside out; turning upside down; setting on end; a term formerly used to mean taking on the gender role of the opposite sex; (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa; (genetics) a kind of mutation in which the order of the genes in a section of a chromosome is reversed; the layer of air near the earth is cooler than an overlying layer; a chemical process in which the direction of optical rotation of a substance is reversed from dextrorotatory to levorotary or vice versa; abnormal condition in which an organ is turned inward or inside out (as when the upper part of the uterus is pulled into the cervical canal after childbirth)

intromission collapse

evolution collapse: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

marginalia collapse: notes written in the margin

cadenza collapse: a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

implantation collapse: a surgical procedure that places something in the human body; "the implantation of radioactive pellets in the prostate gland"; the act of planting or setting in the ground; (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals

parenthesis collapse: either of two punctuation marks (or) used to enclose textual material

commentary collapse

postscript collapse: a note appended to a letter after the signature

inoculation collapse: taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease

extrapolation collapse: an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations; (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values

codicil collapse: a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will

subtraction collapse: the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole); "he complained about the subtraction of money from their paychecks"; an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated; "the subtraction of three from four leaves one"; "four minus three equals one"

impromptu collapse: an extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated"; a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

multiplication collapse: an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed; "the multiplication of four by three gives twelve"; "four times three equals twelve"; a multiplicative increase; "repeated copying leads to a multiplication of errors"; "this multiplication of cells is a natural correlate of growth"

perfusion collapse: pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

aside collapse: a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage; in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"; on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"; out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"; placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing"

affix collapse: a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form; attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"; attach to; "affix the seal here"

appendix collapse: a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch; supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

improvisation collapse: an unplanned expedient; a creation spoken or written or composed extemporaneously (without prior preparation)

involution collapse: the action of enfolding something; a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction; reduction in size of an organ or part (as in the return of the uterus to normal size after childbirth)

insertion collapse: the act of putting one thing into another

rider collapse: a clause that is appended to a legislative bill; a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel); a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle)

suffix collapse: an affix that is added at the end of the word; attach a suffix to; "suffix words"

episode collapse: a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series; a part of a broadcast serial; a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events

transplant collapse: the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"; an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"; place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient; lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"; be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

penetration collapse: the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women"; the act (by a man) of inserting his penis into the vagina of a woman; an attack that penetrates into enemy territory; the depth to which something penetrates (especially the depth reached by a projectile that hits a target); the ability to make way into or through something; "the greater penetration of the new projectiles will result in greater injuries"; clear or deep perception of a situation

interjection collapse: the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts

transformation collapse: the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"; (genetics) modification of a cell or bacterium by the uptake and incorporation of exogenous DNA; a rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure; a qualitative change; (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system

differentiation collapse: the mathematical process of obtaining the derivative of a function; a discrimination between things as different and distinct; "it is necessary to make a distinction between love and infatuation"

infusion collapse: the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality; "the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent"; (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force); the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water); a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

infix collapse: an affix that is inserted inside the word; attach a morpheme into a stem word

epilogue collapse: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters"; a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play

prefix collapse: an affix that is added in front of the word; attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"

remark collapse: explicit notice; "it passed without remark"; a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"

integration collapse: an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined; the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

injection collapse: the forceful insertion of a substance under pressure; the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot"; any solution that is injected (as into the skin)

approximation collapse: the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue; the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity); an imprecise or incomplete account; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events"

insert collapse: an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted; a folded section placed between the leaves of another publication; introduce; "Insert your ticket here"; put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

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