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2conserve

vt con·serve \kən-ˈsərv\
con·servedcon·serv·ing

Medical Definition of CONSERVE

:  to maintain (a quantity) constant during a process of chemical, physical, or evolutionary change <a DNA sequence that has been conserved>

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