Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Dame school
A low-level primary school in the colonial and early national periods, usually conducted by an untrained woman in her own home.
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Damages
In law, pecuniary compensation or indemnity which may be recovered in court by the person who has suffered loss or injury to his or her person, property, or rights through the unlawful act, omission, or negligence of another person. Harm done to things. A legal term describing the money to be paid to a plaintiff…
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Dagga
South African term for marijuana.
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Dactylogram
Finger print.
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Dacryocystitis
Inflammation of the tear sac of the eye. Inflammation of the lacrimal sac when the tear duct, which drains into the nose, becomes blocked. inflammation of the lacrimal sac (tear sac), due to obstruction of the tube draining the tears into the nose and characterized by tearing and discharge from the eye. Treatment is by…
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Cytotropic
Substances having an affinity for cells.
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Cytotoxic agent
Chemicals that destroy cells or prevent their multiplication are used in cancer chemotherapy. Chemicals that destroy specific cells; streptozotocin is an example. This agent destroys the insulin- producing P cells of the pancreas. Any drug that destroys cells or prevents them from multiplying. Cytotoxic agents are used to treat cancers and severe immunological disorders (e.g.,…
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Cytosome
In biology, an opening into the gullet or cytopharynx of microzoa through which food passes in holozoic nutrition. Literally, cell mouth. The body of a cell, not including the nucleus. The part of a cell that is outside the nucleus. The portion of a cell exclusive of the nucleus.
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Cytorrhysis
Wrinkling of the schizophyte cell wall as a result of lacing the cell in a hypertonic solution.
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Cytoplasmic inheritance
Hereditary transmission dependent upon the cytoplasm or structures in the cytoplasm rather than the nuclear genes. The inheritance of characters controlled by factors present in the cell cytoplasm rather than by genes on the chromosomes in the cell nucleus. Cytoplasmic inheritance is known to occur in lower animals and in plants but has not so…
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