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substance (s) (noun), substances, (pl)
1. A particular kind of matter that consists of uniform properties: The plumber used a pipe that was coated with an oily substance.
2. The physical matter of which something is made: The food that anyone eats is a substance which is tangible or can be touched.
3. Wealth, possessions, and property: Wolfgang has become a man of substance since he started his computer business.
Something that is solid or real; material possessions or wealth.
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(Greek: wood, forest, substance, matter; material, materialism)
(Latin: to separate, to sift, to distinguish, to understand, to decide, to determine; separated, separation, to set apart; the glandular extraction or the movement out of a natural substance)
(Modern Latin: chemical element; from Greek and Latin, alumen, a substance having an astringent taste; metal)
(Greek: glue; used in the sense of "pertaining to a colloid, a gelatinous [gluelike] substance in which particle matter is suspended")
(Latin: yeast; substance containing enzymes that break down carbohydrates; from the Latin root of fervere, "to boil, to seethe")
(Latin: glue, sticky substance which remains in flour when the starch is taken out)
(Greek: stone, rock; hard consolidated mineral matter; hard matter formed from mineral and earth material; hard substance that is solid)
(Greek mikso > Latin mixtus: mix, mixed, a mixing, a mingling, an intercourse; to combine or to blend into one mass or substance; to combine things; such as, activities, ideas, styles; to balance and to adjust individual musical performers’ parts to make an overall sound by electronic means)
(Greek: lipoid substance (containing or resembling fat) sheathing certain nerve fibers; lipoid substance found in body tissue)
(Latin: serum, whey; watery substance; serum, in connection with serum)
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ozone-depleting substance, ODS
A classification for chemical compounds which contribute to the loss of ozone in the kupper atmosphere; majore examples include: chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, halons, methyl bromide, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform.

They are generally stable in the troposphere and only degrade under intense ultraviolet light in the stratosphere, at which time they release chlorine or bromine atoms, which in turn deplete the ozone.

This entry is located in the following unit: ozono-, ozon-, ozoni-, ozo-, oz- + (page 2)
substance flux
The amount of substance excreted in urine divided by time, expressed in nanomoles (a unit of amount of substance equal to 10-9 [one billionth] moles per second).

Moles refer to the actual number of atoms or molecules in an object.

This entry is located in the following unit: fluct-, flucti-, -flux, flu-, flum-, -fluent, -fluence (page 8)
substance intoxication delirium
That kind of delirium which can occur during intoxication with any of a variety of substances; including, alcohol, amphetamines and related substances, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants, opioids, phencyclidine and related substances; and sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics.

Specific disorders are identified by the substance involved.

substance-induced delirium
Associated with substance intoxication (substance intoxication delirium), substance withdrawal (substance withdrawal delirium), medication side effects, or exposure to toxins.

Individual cases are named for the specific substance involved; for example, "digitalis-induced delirium".

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substance
In Spinoza, the basic and eternal reality, the structure and law of the world.
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Wealth, possessions, and property make a person prosperous or affluent. (1)
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adoption substance
A secretion presented by a social parasite that induces the host insects to accept the parasite as a member of their ant colony.
This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 1)
appeasement substance
A secretion presented by a social parasite that reduces aggression in the host insect and aids the parasite's acceptance by the host colony.
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trail pheromone, trail substance
A substance laid down in the form of a trail by one animal and followed by another member of the same species.
This entry is located in the following unit: Ant and Related Entomology Terms (page 23)