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function noun appropriate activity, assignment, business, chore, design, duty, employment, exploitation, mission, munus, occupation, office, officium, purpose, pursuit, responsibility, role, task, usage, use, utility, work
Associated concepts: discretionary function, executive funccion, government function, judicial function, legislative function, political function, quasi-judicial function
function verb achieve, act, act effectively, answer a purpose, avail, be effective, be in operation, be useful, carry on, carry out, effectuate, execute, have effect, operate, perform, render a service, run, serve, work
See also: activity, agency, appointment, assignment, business, calling, capacity, charge, demean, duty, employment, execute, job, obligation, occupation, operate, operation, part, perform, position, post, province, purpose, pursuit, responsibility, role, specialty, sphere, task, trade, use, utility, work


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The new therapy, known as a peptide-conjugated morpholino oligomer (PPMO), which partially corrects the genetic error that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), has restored almost normal movement and muscle function to mice with the equivalent of the condition, while significantly prolonging their lifespans.
To understand just how the pectoral muscle functions, we have to go about it in a scientific manner.
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