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to manufacture

to manufacture

17 5.8
To produce a substance naturally inside a living body
  • verb
  • /ˌmænəˈfækʧər/
  • Specialized
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  • It's about how the environment shapes our DNA and causes our DNA to manufacture certain proteins or not manufacture certain proteins.
  • cells manufacture
  • manufacture molecules

And so here what we've done is now we're watching the whole molecular process that's involved in manufacturing the RNA.

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Examples

  • The microbiome also helps manufacture certain vitamins and like sort of sub vitamins.

  • When you exercise, your body can manufacture endorphins that help to reduce stress.

  • You can actually manufacture that for yourself in your own body.

  • All they can do now is manufacture blood.

  • Research has shown that when you hit the wall, you need to begin manufacturing alpha waves.

    Blog text (13)
  • Nutrients must somehow diffuse into the tissue to reach the few cells that can manufacture new molecules.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The animals can't manufacture the amino acid, lysine.

  • The Martian atmosphere, powered by sunlight, manufactures hydrogen peroxide.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Again, part of this is due to when you deplete nutrients in the body, it's not able to manufacture as well thyroid hormones, testosterone and serotonin.

  • Humans naturally manufacture vitamin D when exposed to sunlight.

Synonyms

to make
vsto manufacture
1.0

To create something by putting parts together

is an internal biological process that forms substances within an organism
to produce
vsto manufacture
2.0

To make something, often in large amounts for sale

is specifically about natural internal substance formation within organisms
to generate
vsto manufacture
537 3.2

To make something that did not exist before

is restricted to natural internal production inside organisms rather than any process
to biosynthesize
vsto manufacture
  • Specialized
8.1

To make complex chemicals from simple parts inside a living thing

is about natural internal production of substances without implying chemical complexity
to create from raw material
vsto manufacture
4.0

To make something using raw materials

is natural internal production of substances rather than external assembly

Surface Forms

manufacture infinitive
manufactured past participle
manufacturing present participle
manufactures third person singular

Etymology

Manufacture in biology keeps the same roots manu- 'hand' and -facere 'to make', and it simply means to 'produce' inside a living body. So when a cell or part of the body manufactures a substance, it is making that substance naturally.