load
n 1 a : a mass or weight put on something b : the amount of stress put on something <this normal instinctive fear which adds its to the nervous system -H. G. Armstrong> c : an amount of something (as food or water) added to the body or available for use in some physiological process <the cell's response to an increased metabolic -Emergency Medicine> 2 : the number or quantity (as of patients) to be accommodated or treated <the patient of physicians in private practice -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.> 3 : BURDEN <the worm in rats> 4 : GENETIC LOAD vt 1 : to put a load in or on <rabbits were edwith … pyruvate by intravenous injections -Experiment Station Record> 2 : to weight (as a test or experimental situation) with factors influencing validity or outcome 3 : to change by adding an adulterant or drug <patent medicines were edwith narcotics -D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel> .
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