Categories: Comparisons
An example of simile in popular science writing:
"[the alternative complement pathway is] based on a constant low-level spontaneous activation of C3 in the blood, breaking it up into C3a and C3b like a showering of tiny hand grenades on the surrounding cells."
Catherine Carver
Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma. (Read 'Disease and immunity – a biological myth'.)
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Tags: complement system, immune system
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