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- radiation syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
- des synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy
- methadone synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
- rumba syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba
- fixer synthetic narcotic drug similar to morphine but less habit-forming; used in narcotic detoxification and maintenance of heroin addiction
- photosynthesis synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants)
- chemosynthesis synthesis of carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water; limited to certain bacteria and fungi
- tss syndrome resulting from a serious acute (sometimes fatal) infection associated with the presence of staphylococcus; characterized by fever and diarrhea and nausea and diffuse erythema and shock; occurs especially in menstruating women using highly absorbent tampons
- copulative syntactically connecting sentences or elements of a sentence
- rhumba syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba