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scoop 1. anything that resembles a scoop in action, such as the bucket on a dredge 2. a spoonlike surgical instrument for scraping or extracting foreign matter, etc., from the body scoop [sküp] (design engineering) Any of various ladle-, shovel-, or bucketlike utensils or containers for moving liquid or loose materials. A funnel-shaped opening for channeling a fluid into a desired path. (electricity) (mechanical engineering) A large shovel with a scoop-shaped blade.
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It's always tempting to get a scoopful of nuts or dried fruit when you pass those bulk bins at the local market. The Viking landers in 1976 looked for evidence of Martian life but found none in the few scoopfuls of dirt they examined. Pharmacia and Upjohn Company (Pfizer) markets the 5 g Packet and the 5 g Scoopful as adjunctive therapy to diet for the reduction of elevated serum total and LDL-C in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia (elevated LDL-C) who do not respond adequately to diet. |
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