Oenology

Oenology

Oenology,œnology (BrE), or enology (AmE) is the science and study of all aspects of wine and winemaking except vine-growing and grape-harvesting, which is a subfield called viticulture.

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cercaria

Biology; Parasitology

The free-swimming larva of a trematode (usually possessing a tail) which escapes from a sporocyst or redia generation within the intermediate, molluscan host and constitutes the ...

cercomer

Biology; Parasitology

In a tapeworm embryo, the caudal vestige of the onchosphere, containing six hooklets.

chaparral

Biology; Parasitology

Characterized by thicket type vegetation in East and South Africa, West Australia, Chile, small part of California and Mediterranean area. Mainly drought resistant shrubs.

charcot-leyden crystals

Biology; Parasitology

A slender crystal, pointed at both ends, formed from the breakdown products of eosinophils usually following some type of immune response.

chitinous shell

Biology; Parasitology

The hard shell of nematode eggs lined with the vitelline membrane which encases the embryo.

chromatin

Biology; Parasitology

The darkly-staining portion of the nucleus forming a network of nuclear material within the achromatin of the nucleus, sometimes adhering to the inner surface of the nuclear ...