All 4 Uses of
function
in
Arrowsmith
- He never met a classmate in the hall of Main Medical without shouting, "How's your vermiform appendix functioning this morning?" or "I bid thee a lofty greeting, old pediculosis."†
Chpt 3
- Are we too sure, when we regard these oh, most unbeautiful young students attending Y.M.C.A.'s and singing dinkle-songs and wearing hats with initials burned into them—iss it worth while to protect them from the so elegantly functioning Bacillus typhosus with its lovely flagella?†
Chpt 4
- We're working on the localization of brain functions.†
Chpt 26 *
- The results obtained from this quantitative study permit the statement that the percentage of inactivation, as measured by determining the units of bacteriophage remaining after irradiation by gamma and beta rays of a suspension of fixed virulence, is a function of the two variables, nillicuries and hours.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(function as in: Its main function is to...) purpose, job, or natural activity