(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…
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(microbiology) a hypothetical infectious particle thought to be the cause of scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the central nervous system; consists of nucleic acid in a protective coat of host cell proteins
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(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission;…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.(biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar); "the culture of cells in a Petri dish"
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.(biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan)
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.(microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scr…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organism…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after…
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.any organism of microscopic size
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.the branch of biology that studies microorganisms and their effects on humans
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.any organism of microscopic size
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
Used in the same subject area: Microbiology, Biology.(virology) a complete viral particle; nucleic acid and capsid (and a lipid envelope in some viruses)
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a medication used as a stimulant to the central nervous system
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.a particle that has the same mass as another particle but has opposite values for its other properties; interaction of a particle and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.any of several degenerative nervous disorders characterized by spasmodic movements of the body and limbs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.a monoamine neurotransmitter found in the brain and essential for the normal functioning of the central nervous system; as a drug (tra…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of orga…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.the electrical response of the central nervous system produced by an external stimulus; "he measured evoked potentials with an electro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system; acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the developm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the developm…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: microbiology, hypothetical, infectious, particle, thought.Destructive to germs; -- applied to any agent which has a destructive action upon living germs, particularly bacteria, or bacterial ge…
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