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101macerate — macerater, macerator, n. macerative, adj. /mas euh rayt /, v., macerated, macerating. v.t. 1. to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid. 2. to soften or decompose (food) by the action of a solvent. 3. to cause to grow thin. v.i. 4 …
102molder — molder1 /mohl deuhr/, v.i. 1. to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder. v.t. 2. to cause to molder. [1525 35; obs. mold to crumble (v. use of MOLD3) + ER6] molder2 /mohl deuhr/, n.… …
103Alcatraz Island — Rocky island in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S. It has an area of 22 acres (9 hectares) and is located 1. 5 mi (2 km) offshore from the city of San Francisco. The site of the first lighthouse (1854) on the California coast, it became an army… …
104ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) — A classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive chronic diseases of the nerves that come from the spinal cord responsible for supplying electrical stimulation to the muscles. This stimulation is necessary for the movement of …
105Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — A classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive chronic diseases of the nerves that come from the spinal cord responsible for supplying electrical stimulation to the muscles. This stimulation is necessary for the movement of …
106Disease, Lou Gehrig — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive chronic diseases of the nerves that come from the spinal cord responsible for supplying electrical stimulation to the muscles. This… …
107Lou Gehrig disease — Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive chronic diseases of the nerves that come from the spinal cord responsible for supplying electrical stimulation to the muscles. This… …
108emaciate — ema·ci·ate i mā shē .āt vb, at·ed; at·ing vt to cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin vi to waste away physically …
109starve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hunger, famish, fast; pine; pinch, scrimp, deny. See parsimony, poverty. Ant., feed. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become weak or die from hunger] Syn. famish, crave, perish; see die 1 , weaken 1 . 2. [To …
110deteriorate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. depreciate, decline, worsen, degenerate; see decay . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. decay, degenerate, fall apart, crumble, degrade, decline, *go downhill, *go to the dogs, corrode, rot, decompose, depreciate. ANT.:… …
