shadow
n 1 a : partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body b : a dark outline or image on an X-ray photograph where the X rays have been blocked by a radiopaque mass (as a tumor) 2 : a colorless or scantily pigmented or stained body (as a degenerate cell or empty membrane) only faintly visible under the microscope vt : to perform shadow-casting on <freeze-dried and ed myosin molecules> .
Similar sounding terms: CHD shed sheet shoot
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