the study of the incidence, distribution and control of an EPIDEMIC disease in a population. Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005 epidemiology A branch of health science that deals with the incidence, prevalence, distribution and aeti...
a reduced form of the Old English prepositionon,meaning “on,”“in,”“into,”“to,”“toward,” preserved before a noun or adjective in a prepositional phrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element (afar; afoot; aloud; ashore; away). By analogy with original nominal colloc...
A German word meaning education novel, used to mean a novel about a person’s formative experiences. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page,...
The meaning of BERBERE is a blend of powdered spices including red chili pepper that is used in Ethiopian cooking. How to use berbere in a sentence.
The meaning of E. COLI is an enterobacterium (Escherichia coli) that is used in public health as an indicator of fecal pollution (as of water or food) and in medicine and genetics as a research organism and that occurs in various strains that may live as
biology /baɪˈɒlədʒi/ n.生理;生物学 hatch /hætʃ/ vi.孵出;破壳vt.使孵出;策划;(尤指)密谋 capacity /kəˈpæsəti/ n.能力;容量 a handfulof少数人(或物);一把(的量) fence /fens/ n....
nounCell Biology. a small, cylindrical cell organelle, seen near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells, that divides in perpendicular fashion during mitosis, the new pair of centrioles moving ahead of the spindle to opposite poles of the cell as the cell divides: identical in...
The first records ofbifurcatecome from the early 1600s. It comes from the Medieval Latinbifurcātus, formed from the prefixbi-,meaning “two,” and the rootfurc(a),meaning “fork” (as in a fork in the road or a river). In normal conversation, you’d say that a road or a river...
The studies we describe present a novel avenue for exploring a possible fixed and ordered nature of NADH molecule particularly in mitochondria towards the beginning of understanding the other properties of the mitochondria, as well as the potential involvement of NADH in quantum biology. We envisage ...
4. Biology A layer of tissue: the epithelial stratum. 5. A level of society composed of people with similar social, cultural, or economic status. 6. One of a number of layers, levels, or divisions in an organized system: a complex poem with many strata of meaning. [Latin strātum, a...