Up, again, back; sometimes an- before a vowel; corresponds to L. sursum-; CAUTION: an- before a vowel usually stands for a- meaning not; sometimes ana- becomes am- before p, b, or ph. [G. ana, up] Anabaena (an-a-be′na) A genus of Cyanobacteria found in fresh water that ...
2. Asymbolia; the inability to comprehend the meaning of gestures, signs, symbols, or pantomime. [G. a- priv. + minos, a mimic] aminacrine hydrochloride (am′i-nak′rin) Bactericidal agent for external use. SEE ALSO: acridine yellow. SYN: 5-aminoacridine hydrochloride, 9-aminoacridine ...
-The terminology for human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated squamous lesions of the lower anogenital tract has a long history marked by disparate diagnostic... Darragh,Teresa,M. - 《Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine》 被引量: 346发表: 2012年 Placebo, Meaning, and Health Placebos are bo...
question. Whereas transparency regarding the meaning of a term is of invaluable importance for scientific communication, being able to unambiguously reference a kind term (i.e., correctly applying a term to a given real entity) is just as important. Unfortunately, Aristotelian definitions often do ...
However, we think that the term “health” has an additional meaning that could be lost if we opted for these other terms, namely, “health” entails a normativity component related to organisms, allowing us to differentiate normal from pathological states in a stronger manner that has ...
The narrator initially uses this shorthand meaning of emergence. But as things go along, it becomes clear that he also endorses weak emergence. Then he offhandedly states that colors exist in the mind and not in reality, which indicates that he really does have things the wrong way around....
(Additional file2: Table S1, Tab 14). Neither study contained all cell types we profiled and for some cell types, such as gastric enteroendocrine cells, classification and/or terminology varied, as is typical [38]. Therefore, we made comparisons between closely related cells or cell sub-...
1. Prefix (in italics) meaning on this side, on the near side; opposite of trans-. 2. In genetics, a prefix denoting the location of two or more genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair, in coupling. 3. In organic chemistry (in italics), a form of geometric isomerism in...
Because of that difficulty, Theophrastus sought to develop a scientific nomenclature by giving special meaning to words that were then in more or less current use; for example, karpos for fruit and perikarpion for seed vessel. Although he did not propose an overall classification system for ...
The earliest record of its use was made by the Greeks, and Theophrastus called dissection “anatomy,” from ana temnein, meaning “to cut up.” Comparative anatomy, the other major subdivision of the field, compares similar body structures in different species of animals in order to understand...