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If you found this, you deserve a pat on the back.

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by CToad7 ALT March 14, 2023

makwerekwere

(alternative forms: amakwerekwere and kwerekwere) A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.

""Makwerekwere" is a slur that is mostly used in South Africa."

by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023

megakaryocyte

(plural: megakaryocytes) An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.

"Megakaryocyte capacitances were in the range of 64-694 pF, equivalent to 500-5500 platelets."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

trimetasphere

(plural: trimetaspheres) A buckminsterfullerene containing a nitrogen atom and three metal atoms. They are made from lots of carbon, a dash of nitrogen, and a pinch of metals, usually one or two from the Lanthanoid family.

"The first trimetasphere carbon nanomaterials adduct, a Diels-Alder cycloadduct of Sc3N by C80, was reported by Dorn et al. in 2002."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

megacaryocyte

(plural: megacaryocytes) Alternative form of megakaryocyte.

"Under appropriate culture conditions, the megacaryocyte burst-forming cell can develop into 40 to 500 megacaryocytes within 1 week."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

amino acid

(plural: amino acids) 1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group. 2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom, and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.

For definition 1: "Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups." For definition 2: "These amino acids are the building blocks of protein."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

ni-Vanuatu

A native or inhabitant of Vanuatu.

"Long-term Santo resident, New Zealand-born Russell drives us through the plateau's back roads, introducing us to his ni-Vanuatu friends."

by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023