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
The line through the foci is called the transverse axis.
From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020
TRY IT #5 Graph the ellipse given by the equation Identify and label the center, vertices, co- vertices, and foci.
From Textbooks • Sep. 23, 2020
The sun is one of the foci of the elliptical orbit.
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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