foci
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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
An ellipse is the set of all points in the plane the sum of whose distances from two fixed points, called the foci, is a constant.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
The center must be the midpoint of the line segment joining the foci.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
One of the foci will be located at the origin.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Ellipses have two centers, or foci; the more elongated the ellipse, the farther apart these foci are.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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