foci
Americannoun
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The fasting mice had better blood values, less fatty liver and liver inflammation and above all: they developed less liver cancer and had fewer cancer foci in the liver.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2024
The center must be the midpoint of the line segment joining the foci.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
The foci must lie on the transverse axis and be in the interior of the hyperbola.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
The line through the foci, is called the transverse axis.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
Even therapeutic measures have the important result not only of curing the patient but of reducing the foci of infection.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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