"substance" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Iron, particularly "cold iron", was employed as a protective substance or charm against faeries.
- It exudes protective substances which inhibit settlement of larvae.
- Some evergreens are not just satisfied to produce food through photosynthesis; they also make a protective blue, waxy substance.
- Exposure to protective or harmful substances soon after birth may be particularly critical.
- He developed a system of anti-typhoid fever inoculation and a method of measuring protective substances (opsonin) in human blood.
- The protective substances in saliva may be "one of the mechanisms by which the body protects itself," Dr. Fox said.
- An autoimmune disease, MS impairs the nervous system by damaging the myelin sheath, a protective substance that surrounds nerve fibers.
- It is a compatible solute which serves as a protective substance by acting as an osmolyte and thus helps organisms survive extreme osmotic stress.
- Comparatively, silicone is a more protective and stronger substance which cannot be penetrated by liquids (unless they are corrosive alcohol), such as oil and water.
- In 1890 he described alexins, or "protective substances", which exist in the serum and other bodily fluid and are capable of killing microorganisms.
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