单词 | organic phenomenon |
释义 | organic phenomenon (once / 295483 pages) n WORD FAMILY organic phenomenon: organic phenomena USAGE EXAMPLESAs the hour seemed to me unseasonable for such an organic phenomenon, I deferred it until another more suitable. Palacio Vald?s, Armando, The Joy of Captain Ribot(2011) The laws by which organic phenomena are regulated, are, we have said, everlasting; we may also declare that they are general. Bourguignon, Honor?, On the cattle plague: or, Contagiou...(2011) To what natural or secondary causes the orderly succession and progression of such organic phenomena may have been committed, we are as yet ignorant. Hitchcock, Edward, The Plurality of Worlds(2011) n (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals Hypo|Hyper dominance the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not abiogenesis, autogenesis, autogeny, spontaneous generationa hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter alternation of generations, heterogenesis, xenogenesisthe alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal annual ring, growth ringan annual formation of wood in plants as they grow bioelectricityelectric phenomena in animals or plants circulationmovement through a circuit; especially the movement of blood through the heart and blood vessels cyclosis, streamingthe circulation of cytoplasm within a cell deaththe permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism decay, decompositionthe organic phenomenon of rotting dehiscence(biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound desquamation, peeling, sheddingloss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales exfoliationthe peeling off in flakes or scales of bark or dead skin diapedesispassage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue facilitation(neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential food chain(ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member food pyramid(ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below food cycle, food web(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains gene expressionconversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein histocompatibilitycondition in which the cells of one tissue can survive in the presence of cells of another tissue lifethe organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones life cyclea series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage pleomorphism(biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms polymorphism(biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) polymorphism(genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on recognition(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape rejection(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign greening, rejuvenationthe phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored sex linkagean association between genes in sex chromosomes that makes some characteristics appear more frequently in one sex than in the other digenesis, metagenesisalternation of sexual and asexual generations brain wave, brainwave, cortical potential(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph systemic circulationcirculation that supplies blood to all the body except to the lungs pulmonary circulationcirculation of blood between the heart and the lungs vitelline circulationcirculation of blood between the embryo and the yolk sac biologycharacteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms aerobiosislife sustained in the presence of air or oxygen cell death, necrobiosis(physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) gangrene, mortification, necrosis, sphacelusthe localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply) brain death, cerebral deathdeath when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops dimorphism(biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism(genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species natural phenomenon all phenomena that are not artificial |
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