-ium
word-forming element in chemistry, used to coin element names, from Latin adjectival suffix -ium (neuter of -ius), which formed metal names in Latin (ferrum “iron,”
Gorget, from the French gorge meaning throat
A gorget, from the French gorge meaning throat, was a band of linen wrapped around a woman’s neck and head in the medieval period or the lower part of a simple chape
1,2,4-Trihydroxyanthraquinone aka purpurin
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Hydrangea macrophylla
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Hyperaccumulators are plants with an ability to absorb more than 100 times higher metal concentrations than typical organisms
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Petrified Wood
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Lyngurium
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Gorochana
Gorochana or gorocana (transliterated from Sanskrit: गोरोचन “cattle-light”; also Standard Tibetan: (?) gi-wang) refers to a stone or ‘bezoar&
Bezoardicum (bezoar of) is a term used in alchemy and other practices
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Carboxypeptidases function in blood clotting, growth factor production, wound healing, reproduction, and many other processes
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Calcination
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Phthalo blue
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Eagle stones
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No proof for the need of zinc in human cells was shown until the late 1930s where its presence was demonstrated in carbonic anhydrase and the 1960s where it was identified as a necessary element for humans
Zinc was identified to be essential in fungal growth of yeast as shown by Jules Raulin in 1869 yet no proof for the need of zinc in human cells was shown u
Chymase and Chymosin – Rumored To Be Synonyms (and a little renin and rennin)
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