functional load

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Synonyms: functional food

Antonyms: functional food

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Noun

1. Targeted [[exposure]] of an [[implement]] or [[organ]] to [[stimulus|stimuli]] or other [[straining]] it is supposed or being tested to [[tolerate]].
2. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A [[measure]] of how much a difference between [[phoneme|phonemes]] [[disambiguate|disambiguates]] between different words.

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