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load[1,noun] load[2,transitive verb] carbo-load genetic load

Main Entry: ¹load
Pronunciation: ld
Function: noun
1 a : a mass or weight put on something b : the amount of stress put on something <this normal instinctive fear which adds its load to the nervous system -- H. G. Armstrong> c : an amount of something (as food or water) added to the body or available for use in some physiological process <the cell's response to an increased metabolic load -- Emergency Medicine>
2 : the number or quantity (as of patients) to be accommodated or treated <the patient load of physicians in private practice -- Journal of the American Medical Association>
3 : the amount of a deleterious microorganism, parasite, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body <measure viral load in the blood> <the worm load in rats> -- called also burden
4 : GENETIC LOAD