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canalization

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canalization /can·a·li·za·tion/ (kan″ah-lĭ-za´shun)
1. formation of canals, natural or pathologic.
2. surgical creation of canals for drainage.
4. in psychology, formation in the central nervous system of new pathways by repeated passage of nerve impulses.

can·a·li·za·tion (kn-l-zshn)
n.
The formation of canals or channels in tissue.

canalization
[kan′əlīzā′shən]
the formation of canals or passages through any tissue.

canalization [kan″al-ĭ-za´shun]
1. formation of canals, natural or morbid.
2. surgical establishment of canals for drainage.

canalization
1. the formation of canals, natural or morbid.
2. the surgical establishment of canals for drainage.

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Aa The study requests the CDR to immediately start executing a waste-water canalization project for Sidon and its neighboring villages and recycle the gathered water at a station in the area of al-Darkaman.
It helps in the proper canalization of fats in the body and thus reduces obesity.
It reflects current thinking on phenotypes as products of genes by environmental interactions and natural selection, and on the relationship between canalization, homeostasis, and phenotypic plasticity.
 
 
 
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