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wax

(waks),

1. A substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building honeycomb cells. Synonym(s): beeswax, cera

2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin (for example, oils, lipids, or fats that are solids at room temperature).

3. Esters of high molecular weight fatty acids with monohydric or dihydric alcohols (aliphatic or cyclic), that are solid at room temperature; often accompanied by free fatty acids.

[A.S. weax]

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CERA

Abbreviation for:
capital expenditure from revenue account (Medspeak-UK)
Centre for Eye Research Australia
cortical electric response audiometry

wax

(waks)

1. A substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building honeycomb cells.
Synonym(s): cera.

2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin (e.g., oils, lipids, or fats that are solids at room temperature).

[A.S. weax]

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Mota WF, Salomao LCC, Lacerda CR, Mizobutsi GP, Neves LLM (2006) Uso de cera de carnauba e saco plastico poliolefinico na conservacao pos-colheita do maracuja-amarelo.

PROPOLIS EXTRACT IN POSTHARVEST CONSERVATION OF YELLOW PASSION FRUIT/EXTRATO DE PROPOLIS NA CONSERVA CAO POS- COLHEITA DE MARACUJA-AMARELO/EXTRACTO DE PROPOLEO EN LA CONSERVACION DE LA MARACUYA AMARILLO POSTCOSECHA

Enquanto as primeiras corriam para a direita, os insetos iam na direcao oposta, fugindo da cera inseticida.

From pathological to hygienic: the modern homes and the printed press in brazil in the post-second World War/De patologicos a higienicos: os lares modernos e a imprensa no Brasil pos-Segunda Guerra Mundial/ De patologicos a higienicos: los hogares modernos y la prensa en Brasil despues de la Segunda Guerra Mundial

A vegetacao local e uma fonte direta de compostos organicos hidrofobicos, pois especies florestais apresentam grande quantidade de resinas, ceras e lipideos na superficie foliar.

Origin of hydrophobic compounds and their effects in Pinus and Eucalyptus forests/Origem dos compostos hidrofobicos e seus efeitos em florestas de Pinus e Eucalyptus

Em vez de inseticidas, herbicidas e fungicidas, na area urbana temos como fonte de intoxicacoes de criancas os produtos de limpeza como saboes, amaciantes, ceras e o alcool, armazenadas de forma irregular e facilitando tais intoxicacoes acidentais como na area rural.

Intoxication due to pesticides in the central northern region of the State of Parana, Brazil--2002 to 2011/Intoxicacoes por agrotoxicos na mesorregiao norte central paranaense, Brasil--2002 a 2011

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