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Macromolecule
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Unix
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Euhaline water
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Monoclinic system
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Ferrofluid
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Centromere
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Auxin
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One-way hash
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Carbon
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Opportunity
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Compound eye
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Raid
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Angina
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Melanin
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Triploblastic
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Sweet Chestnut
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Haüy indices
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Cytotoxic
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Direct thrombin inhibitor
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Contagious
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Smallpox virus
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FTAM
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Catchall
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Neptune
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Sodium valproate
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Flex fuel
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Expectorant
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Choroid
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Zwitterion
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Helsinki Convention
X-ray binary
An X-ray binary system is a system formed from an "ordinary" star orbiting around a neutron star. Thanks to its intense gravitational field, the neutron star cannibalises its accompanying star, forming an accretion disk around it.
Artist's impression of an X-ray binary system accompanied by a continuous jet of matter.
(Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC))
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