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- 15:20, 6 December 2021 (diff | hist) . . (+127) . . N Stab cultures (Created page with "A culture produced by inserting an inoculating needle with inoculum down the centre of a solid medium contained in a test tube.") (current)
- 22:24, 22 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+156) . . N Sodium nitrate (Created page with "Sodium nitrate (NaNO3) is the inorganic nitrate salt of sodium. It has a role as a fertilizer. It is an inorganic sodium salt and an inorganic nitrate salt.") (current)
- 21:31, 21 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Ectoderm (current)
- 21:31, 21 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+26) . . Ectoderm
- 21:30, 21 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Endoderm (current)
- 21:30, 21 September 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . Mesoderm (current)
- 19:28, 1 August 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+271) . . N Capnocytophaga canimorsus (Created page with "Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a fastidious, slow-growing Gram-negative rod of the genus Capnocytophaga. It is a commensal bacterium in the normal gingival flora of canine and f...") (current)
- 21:51, 26 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+121) . . N Vascular resistance (Created page with "Vascular resistance is the resistance that must be overcome to push blood through the circulatory system and create flow.") (current)
- 21:50, 26 May 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+315) . . N Hyperoxia (Created page with "Hyperoxia occurs when tissues and organs are exposed to an excess supply of oxygen (O2) or higher than normal partial pressure of oxygen. In medicine, it refers to excess oxyg...") (current)
- 13:10, 13 February 2018 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Bioimmuration (current)
- 13:08, 11 October 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+411) . . Value
- 13:00, 11 October 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+133) . . N Debenture (Created page with "Debentures are bonds which are unsecured. In other words, no specific property has been pledged as security to back up the borrowing.") (current)
- 13:00, 11 October 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+180) . . N Bond (Created page with "A bond is an IOU, that is, a written promise that the borrower will pay the lender, at some stated future date, a sum of money and a stated rate of interest. Category:Busin...") (current)
- 11:32, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+273) . . N Reproductive system (Created page with "The reproductive system or genital system is a system of sex organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of sexual reproduction. Many non-living substances s...") (current)
- 11:32, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Prostate cancer (current)
- 11:32, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+204) . . N Palpable tumor (Created page with "A palpable tumor is a tumor that can be felt or palpated by human touch. Tumors in the prostate gland that are palpable can be felt during the digital rectal exam and may...") (current)
- 11:31, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Hematopoietic system (current)
- 11:31, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+59) . . N Hematopoietic system (Created page with "The hematopoietic system describes the blood-making organs.")
- 11:30, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+35) . . N Haematopoietic system (Redirected page to Hematopoietic system) (current)
- 11:29, 28 September 2017 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . Spontaneous remission (current)
- 17:27, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+319) . . N Oganesson (Created page with "'''Oganesson''' (symbol: '''Og''') is a transactinide chemical element. It was first synthesized in 2002 by a joint team of Russian and American scientists at the Joint Institute...") (current)
- 17:26, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+208) . . N Tennessine (Created page with "Tennessine is a superheavy artificial chemical element with an atomic number of 117 and a symbol of Ts. It is the second-heaviest known element and penultimate element of the 7th...") (current)
- 17:25, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Moscovium (current)
- 17:25, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+341) . . N Moscovium (Created page with "Moscovium (element symbol: Mc) is a superheavy synthetic element that was first synthesized in 2003 by a joint team of Russian and American scientists at the Joint Institute for ...")
- 17:23, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+362) . . N Japan (Created page with "Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, China, Korea and Russia, stretching from the Se...") (current)
- 17:23, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+49) . . N RIKEN (Created page with "Riken is a large research institute in Japan.") (current)
- 17:22, 5 December 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+875) . . N Nihonium (Created page with "'''Nihonium''' (symbol '''Nh''') is a chemical element with atomic number 113. It is a synthetic element (an element that can be created in a laboratory but is not found in natur...") (current)
- 23:25, 30 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+155) . . N Apex predator (Created page with "An apex predator, also known as an alpha predator or apical predator, is a predator residing at the top of a food chain upon which no other creatures prey.") (current)
- 23:24, 30 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+457) . . N Oligocene (Created page with "The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present. As with other older geologic periods, the ro...") (current)
- 21:32, 23 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+41) . . N Miticide (Created page with "Miticides are substances that kill mites.") (current)
- 21:32, 23 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+36) . . N Acaracide (Created page with "A chemical agent used to kill mites.") (current)
- 21:31, 23 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+95) . . N Chlorpyrifos (Created page with "Chlorpyrifos is a crystalline organophosphate insecticide, acaracide, and miticide.") (current)
- 11:38, 6 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Temporal isolation (current)
- 18:19, 4 October 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Benzodiazepine (current)
- 12:53, 5 July 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+204) . . N Ibis (Created page with "The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. "Ibis" derives from the Latin and Ancient Greek wor...") (current)
- 14:13, 20 June 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+106) . . N Phorbol (Created page with "Phorbol is a natural, plant-derived organic compound. It is a member of the tigliane family of diterpenes.") (current)
- 14:12, 20 June 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+310) . . N Cholinesterase (Created page with "In biochemistry, a cholinesterase or choline esterase is an esterase that lyses choline-based esters, several of which serve as neurotransmitters. Thus, it is either of two enzym...") (current)
- 14:12, 20 June 2016 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Physostigmine (current)
- 14:12, 20 June 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . Physostigmine
- 14:11, 20 June 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+393) . . N Acetylcholine inhibitor (Created page with "An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (often abbreviated AChEI) or anti-cholinesterase is a chemical or a drug that inhibits the acetylcholinesterase enzyme from breaking down [[...") (current)
- 02:36, 30 May 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+303) . . N Gleba (Created page with "Gleba is the fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of fungi such as the puffball or stinkhorn. The gleba is a solid mass of spores, generated within an enclosed area within the sporoca...") (current)
- 22:34, 17 April 2016 (diff | hist) . . (-4) . . Globus pallidus (current)
- 22:34, 17 April 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+232) . . N Striatum (Created page with "The striatum is a subcortical part of the forebrain and a critical component of the reward system. It receives glutamatergic and dopaminergic inputs from different sources and se...") (current)
- 17:39, 15 April 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+154) . . N Pyrosulfate (Created page with "In chemistry, disulfate or pyrosulfate is the anion with the molecular formula S<sub>2</sub>O<sup>7</sup><sup>-2</sup>. '''Disulfate''' is the IUPAC name.") (current)
- 17:38, 15 April 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+281) . . N Gnathiidae (Created page with "The Gnathiidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They occur in a wide range of depths, from the littoral zone to the deep sea. The adults are associated with sponges and may no...") (current)
- 17:37, 15 April 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+25) . . N Gnathiids (Redirected page to Gnathiidae) (current)
- 21:56, 31 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+179) . . N Marble (Created page with "A hard crystalline metamorphic form of limestone, typically white with mottlings or streaks of color, that is capable of taking a polish and is used in sculpture and architecture.") (current)
- 21:56, 31 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+337) . . N Dolomite (Created page with "Dolomite is a common rock-forming mineral. It is a calcium magnesium carbonate with a chemical composition of CaMg(CO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>. It is the primary component of the...") (current)
- 21:56, 31 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+558) . . N Bedrock (Created page with "In geology, bedrock is the lithified rock that lies under the loose softer material (regolith) at the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planet. The broken and weathered r...")
- 21:55, 31 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+250) . . N Topography (Created page with "Topography is a detailed map of the surface features of land. It includes the mountains, hills, creeks, and other bumps and lumps on a particular hunk of earth. This handy word i...")
- 21:55, 31 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+191) . . N Karst (Created page with "Karst is a distinctive topography in which the landscape is largely shaped by the dissolving action of water on carbonate bedrock (usually limestone, dolomite, or...") (current)
- 17:52, 28 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+242) . . N John Craig Venter (Created page with "John Craig Venter (born October 14, 1946) is an American biotechnologist, biochemist, geneticist, and entrepreneur. He is known for being one of the first to sequence the human g...") (current)
- 17:51, 28 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+32) . . N Craig Venter (Redirected page to John Craig Venter) (current)
- 02:31, 23 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . N Molt (Redirected page to Moult) (current)
- 02:30, 23 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+139) . . N Moult (Created page with "When pertaining to animals, moulting relates to the shedding of old feathers, hair, or skin, or an old shell, to make way for a new growth.") (current)
- 02:29, 23 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+20) . . N Moulted (Redirected page to Moult) (current)
- 01:40, 12 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+263) . . N Religiosity (Created page with "Religiosity, in its broadest sense, is a comprehensive sociological term used to refer to the numerous aspects of religious activity, dedication, and belief (religious doctrine)....") (current)
- 20:37, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Half-life (current)
- 20:37, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Carbon (current)
- 20:37, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+525) . . N Carbon (Created page with "Carbon is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. On the periodic table, it is the first (row 2) of six elements in column (group) 14, which have in common the comp...")
- 20:36, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+12) . . Organic (current)
- 20:36, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+310) . . N Organic (Created page with "1) In chemistry, a term used to describe any molecule held together by a chain of carbon atoms. 2) Used to describe the characteristics of a living system (for example a creatu...")
- 20:35, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Heterotroph (current)
- 20:35, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+418) . . N Animal (Created page with "Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia. All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their...") (current)
- 20:34, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+208) . . Backbone (current)
- 20:31, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+120) . . N Blood vessel (Created page with "A tubular structure carrying blood through the tissues and organs; a vein, artery, or capillary.") (current)
- 20:31, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+22) . . m Vein (current)
- 20:30, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+19) . . N Veins (Redirected page to Vein) (current)
- 20:30, 11 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . Euphyll (current)
- 17:29, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+211) . . N Fur (Created page with "Fur is used in reference to the hair of animals, usually mammals, particularly those with extensive body hair coverage that is generally soft and thick (as opposed to the stiffer...") (current)
- 17:29, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+204) . . N Wool (Created page with "Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and certain other animals, including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other ty...") (current)
- 17:28, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+365) . . N Nail (Created page with "A nail is a horn-like envelope covering the tips of the fingers and toes in humans, most non-human primates, and a few other mammals. Nails are similar to claws in other animals....") (current)
- 17:28, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+19) . . N Nails (Redirected page to Nail) (current)
- 17:28, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+304) . . N Fibrous protein (Created page with "A '''fibrous protein''' is a protein with an elongated shape. Fibrous proteins provide structural support for cells and tissues. There are special types of helices present in two...") (current)
- 17:27, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . Homo sapiens (current)
- 17:27, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+421) . . N Homo sapiens (Created page with "Modern humans (''Homo sapiens'', primarily ssp. ''Homo sapiens sapiens'') are the only extant members of Hominina clade (or human clade), a branch of the taxonomical tribe Homini...")
- 17:26, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+27) . . N Human (Redirected page to Homo sapiens) (current)
- 17:26, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+452) . . N Hair (Created page with "Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from area...") (current)
- 17:25, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+286) . . N Structural protein (Created page with "Structural proteins are fibrous proteins. The most familiar of the fibrous proteins are probably the keratins, which form the protective covering of all land [[vertebrate...") (current)
- 17:24, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+258) . . N Keratin (Created page with "Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins. Keratin is the protein that protects epithelial cells from damage or stress that has potential to kill the cell...") (current)
- 17:23, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+18) . . Eumelanin (current)
- 17:23, 1 March 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+252) . . N Phaeomelanin (Created page with "Phaeomelanin is a light pigment that is found in blonde and red hair. The higher the concentration of phaeomelanin, the lighter the hair. Unlike eumelanin, phaeomelanin is ...") (current)
- 18:34, 29 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+150) . . N Fibonacci sequence (Created page with "The Fibonacci Sequence is the series of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... The next number is found by adding up the two numbers before it.") (current)
- 18:34, 29 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Periodic table
- 18:34, 29 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Periodic table
- 18:34, 29 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+200) . . N Periodic table (Created page with "A table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, usually in rows, so that elements with similar atomic structure (and hence similar chemical properties) appea...")
- 18:33, 29 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+279) . . N Retinal ganglion cell (Created page with "A retinal ganglion cell (RGC) is a type of neuron located near the inner surface (the ganglion cell layer) of the retina of the eye. It receives visual information from [...") (current)
- 18:33, 29 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+36) . . N Retinal cell (Redirected page to Retinal ganglion cell) (current)
- 14:04, 22 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+547) . . N Light (Created page with "Light is electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The word usually refers to visible light, which is visible to the human eye and i...") (current)
- 14:03, 22 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+103) . . N Air (Created page with "The invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen.") (current)
- 14:02, 22 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+99) . . N Nanoparticle (Created page with "A nanoparticle is a microscopic particle with at least one dimension less than 100 nm (nanometers).") (current)
- 14:01, 22 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+283) . . N Rayleigh scattering (Created page with "Rayleigh scattering refers to the scattering of light off of the molecules of the air, and can be extended to scattering from particles up to about a tenth of the [[wavelengt...") (current)
- 21:09, 19 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+108) . . N Haute couture (Created page with "The designing and making of high-quality fashionable clothes by leading fashion houses, especially to order.") (current)
- 20:07, 13 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+277) . . N Micronesia (Created page with "Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a shared cultural history with two other island regions, Polynesi...") (current)
- 01:51, 5 February 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+23) . . N Receptor protein (Redirected page to Receptor) (current)
- 15:46, 22 January 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+373) . . N Linolenic acid (Created page with "Linolenic acid is a type of fatty acid. It can refer to either of two octadecatrienoic acids (i.e. with an 18-carbon chain and three double bonds, which are found in the cis ...") (current)
- 15:46, 22 January 2016 (diff | hist) . . (+191) . . N Jasmonic acid (Created page with "Jasmonic acid is derived from the fatty acid linolenic acid. It is a member of the jasmonate class of plant hormones. It is biosynthesized from linolenic acid by the octadeca...") (current)
- 13:07, 17 October 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+209) . . N Eubacteria (Created page with "A bacterium of a large group typically having simple cells with rigid cell walls and often flagella for movement. The group comprises the “true” bacteria and cyanobacteria, a...") (current)
- 13:06, 26 August 2015 (diff | hist) . . (-231) . . Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (Redirected page to Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) (current)
- 13:06, 26 August 2015 (diff | hist) . . (+316) . . N Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (Created page with "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorder in which there are significant problems with executive functions (i.e., attentional c...")
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