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Amino acids (medicine) and scarification (iou)


Amino acids (medicine)


amino acids
Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-nh2) and a carboxyl (-cooh) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerised to form proteins.


scarification (iou)



scarification noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or late Latin scarificatio(n-), from scarificat- pa. ppl stem of scarificare: see SCARIFY verb1, -ATION.]
The action or process of scarifying something; an instance of this. LME.
A slight incision or group of incisions in the skin or a mucous membrane, esp. (in Medicine) made with a scarificator. M16.