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freund's adjuvant (medicine) and tornado (iou)


freund's adjuvant (medicine)


freund's adjuvant


The complete version of this immunostimulating adjuvant contains heat-killed tuberculosis bacteria emulsified in white mineral oil.

It is used in immunological research involving lab animals, but not in humans, since it could cause allergic responses or autoimmune problems. The bacterial cells are omitted in the incomplete verson of the adjuvant.


tornado (iou)



tornado noun. Pl. -oes. M16.
[Perh. alt. of Spanish tronada thunderstorm, from tronar thunder, later assim. to tornar turn: see -ADO.]
1. A violent thunderstorm of the tropical Atlantic. Now rare exc. as passing into sense 2. M16.
2. A violent storm over a limited area, with whirling winds, a cyclone; in W. Africa, a thundery squall at the beginning or end of the rainy season. Now usu. spec., a destructive vortex of rotating winds of up to 300 miles per hour, forming a funnel-shaped cloud like a waterspout, which advances overland in a narrow path below a large thunderstorm, esp. in the southern plains of the US. E17.
3. fig. A violent or devastating person or thing; a sudden outburst, a volley. E19.
Comb.: tornado-cellar an underground shelter from tornadoes; tornado-lamp, tornado-lantern a hurricane-lamp; tornado-pit = tornado-cellar above.
tornade noun (rare) = TORNADO M17-E19.
tornadic adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling (that of) a tornado; violent, devastating: L19.