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The food and drink a person usually has
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The process of decomposing organic matter by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
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A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
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The act of consuming food
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Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural)
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Any substance that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis (plural)
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To bring into ___ or equilibrium
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Any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism (plural)
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Organ that pumps blood around the body
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Hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
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A prolonged disorder of eating due to loss of appetite
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The process of taking food into the body through the mouth
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An illness that harms the body
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Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain
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A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants
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A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens
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