dissimilation

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There may also be an accumulation of the products of dissimilation--'the fatigue stuffs'--and these latter may act as poisons or chemical depressants In an animal it is supposed that the nutritive blood supply performs the two-fold task of bringing material for assimilation and removing the fatigue products, thus causing the disappearance of fatigue.

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  1. noun The act or process of making or becoming dissimilar.
  2. noun Linguistics The process by which one of two similar or identical sounds in a word becomes less like the other, such as the l in English marble (from French marbre).

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  • There may also be an accumulation of the products of dissimilation--'the fatigue stuffs'--and these latter may act as poisons or chemical depressants In an animal it is supposed that the nutritive blood supply performs the two-fold task of bringing material for assimilation and removing the fatigue products, thus causing the disappearance of fatigue. —  Response in the Living and Non-Living
  • It is in direct contradiction to that theory which supposes that each stimulus is followed by dissimilation or break-down of the tissue, reducing its function below par. —  Response in the Living and Non-Living
  • For in these cases the supposed dissimilation is followed not by a decrease but by an increase of functional activity. —  Response in the Living and Non-Living
  • 113.--FATIGUE (A) IN MUSCLE, (P) IN PLANT, (M) IN METAL The explanation hitherto given of fatigue in animal tissues--that it is due to dissimilation or breakdown of tissue, complicated by the presence of fatigue-products, while recovery is due to assimilation, for which material is brought by the blood-supply--has long been seen to be inadequate, since the restorative effect succeeds a short period of rest even in excised bloodless muscle. —  Response in the Living and Non-Living
  • This process is called dissimilation, essentially getting rid of the similar parts. —  podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history
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/dɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/
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