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prostacyclin (medicine) and seam (oh)


prostacyclin (medicine)


prostacyclin
<biochemistry> Unstable prostaglandin released by mast cells and endothelium, a potent inhibitor of platelet aggregation, also causes vasodilation and increased vascular permeability. Release enhanced by bradykinin.


seam (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin:]
a line where two pieces of cloth, leather etc have been stitched together
::She was repairing Billy's trousers, where the seam had come undone.
::Join the shoulder seams together.
a layer of a mineral under the ground
seam of coal/iron etc
be coming/falling apart at the seams
a) if a plan, organization etc is coming apart at the seams, so many things are going wrong with it that it will probably fail
::The Health service seems to be falling apart at the seams.
b) if a piece of clothing is coming apart at the seams, the stitches on it are coming unfastened
be bursting/bulging at the seams
if a room or building is bursting at the seams, it is so full of people that hardly anyone else can fit into it
a (rich) seam of sth
a thing, place, or group from which a type of thing can be obtained
::The 466-page book is a rich seam of statistical information.
a line where two pieces of metal, wood etc have been joined together