cardiac cycle
— Noun
– English
~ the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles; "the cardiac cycle can be shown on an electrocardiogram"
carbon cycle
— Noun
– English
~ the organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again
citric acid cycle
— Noun
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~ in all plants and animals: a series of enzymatic reactions in mitochondria involving oxidative metabolism of acetyl compounds to produce high-energy phosphate compounds that are the source of cellular energy
cyclic
— Adjective
– English
~ conforming to the Carnot cycle
cyclic
— Adjective
– English
~ recurring in cycles
cyclic
— Adjective
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~ forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl; "cyclic petals"; "cyclic flowers"
cyclic
— Adjective
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~ of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure
cyclic
— Adjective
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~ marked by repeated cycles
cyclical
— Adjective
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~ recurring in cycles
cyclicity
— Noun
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~ the quality of recurring at regular intervals
cycling
— Noun
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~ the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle
Cycliophora
— Noun
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~ tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta
cyclist
— Noun
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~ a person who rides a bicycle
cyclobenzaprine
— Noun
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~ muscle relaxant (trade name Flexeril) used for muscle spasms or acute injury
cyclohexanol
— Noun
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~ a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor
cycloid
— Adjective
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~ resembling a circle
cycloid
— Noun
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~ a line generated by a point on a circle rolling along a straight line
curtate cycloid
— Noun
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~ a cycloid generated by a point inside the rolling circle
cycloidal
— Adjective
– English
~ resembling a circle
Cycloloma
— Noun
– English
~ a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae