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a sticky film that forms on the enamel of teeth. It is made up of small food particles, saliva...

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inter-connecting strands of cytoplasm that connect the cytoplasm of adjacent plant cells across...

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a group of parasitic protozoa. There are several species of plasmodium that cause malaria in...

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when a plant cell loses water and the cell membrane pulls away from cell wall.

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the process in plant cells where the cell membrane pulls away from the cell wall due to the loss...

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