acidic environment

collocation in English

meaningsofacidicandenvironment

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acidic
adjective
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/əˈsɪd.ɪk/us
/əˈsɪd.ɪk/
containing ...
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environment
noun
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/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofacidicandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The steady supply of micronutrients in the soils is due to theacidicenvironmentsolubilizing these nutrients.
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This means that this bacterium produces an increasedacidicenvironmentand alcohol.
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The resulting highlyacidicenvironmentin the stomach lumen causes proteins from food to lose their characteristic folded structure (or denature).
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Being equipped to survive theacidicenvironmentinside the phagosomes of macrophages, the amastigotes reproduce through the process of binary fission.
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It is unique among the other protease inhibitors as it can only be absorbed in anacidicenvironment.
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Aspirin requires anacidicenvironmentfor proper absorption, and the basic environment diminishes aspirin absorption in the case of an overdose.
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In addition, theacidicenvironmentcauses disruption of hydrogen bonds in the cellulose that makes up the cell wall.
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High acidic environments cause the drug to be released due to theacidicenvironmentdegrading the structure of the nanocarrier.
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Thisacidicenvironmentcauses dissociation of the lysosomal enzymes from the mannose 6-phosphate receptors.
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The rapid growth of cancer cells creates theacidicenvironment; theacidicenvironmentdoes not create cancer.
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Plaque can create a localacidicenvironmentthat can result in tooth decay by demineralization.
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Fluoride deficiency causes increased demineralization when the tooth is exposed to anacidicenvironment, and also delays remineralization.
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In this way a steadyacidicenvironmentis maintained.
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Theacidicenvironmentalso helps prevent potentially harmful microorganisms from growing, increasing shelf-life.
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Theacidicenvironmentcreated in the mouth by this process is what causes the highly mineralized tooth enamel to be vulnerable to decay.
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The stomach of an infant is anacidicenvironment, which serves to induce protein unfolding.
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The precursor of pepsin, pepsinogen, is secreted by the stomach, and is activated only in theacidicenvironmentfound in stomach.
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