Sentence examples for is protected from desiccation from inspiring English sources
The plant is protected from desiccation by a waxy cuticle.
The dish was left open for 1 2 days to desiccate and kill saprophytes (EPNs inside cadavers are protected from desiccation).
The cluster roots are then allowed to die, but the laterals are protected from desiccation by a continuous supply of water from the sinker root.
The other half was protected from desiccation with a small damp piece of anti-dust experimental tissue.
After this procedure, no new recordings were made for a period of at least 20 min. The nictitating membrane was retracted with neosynephrine, the pupils were dilated with Atropine, and the eyes were protected from desiccation by contact lenses containing artificial pupils.
The product is a structure in which the embryo is protected from temperature extremes by its state of desiccation and is often guarded from further drying and from mechanical or biological degradation by the seed coats.
When buried in the sediment, burrowing bivalves are protected from the pounding of waves, desiccation and overheating during low tide, and variations in salinity caused by rainwater.
