General

General

General nature or nature terms.

Contributors in General

General

Modified leaves that protect a flower's inner petals and reproductive structures. Small, leaf-like structures in flowers that enclose and protect the developing flower. These are often green, but in ...

severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)

Biology; General

A genetic disorder in which aflicted individuals have no functional immune system and are prone to infections. Both the cell-mediated immune response and the antibody-mediated response are absent.

sex chromosomes

Biology; General

The chromosomes that determine the sex of an organism. In humans, females have two X chromosomes, and males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Chromosome that determines the gender (sex) of ...

sex hormones

Biology; General

A group of steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex. Hormones that are produced in the gonads and promoted development and maintainence of the secondary sex characteristics and structures, ...

sex linkage

Biology; General

The condition in which the inheritance of a sex chromosome is coupled with that of a given gene; e.g., red-green color blindness and hemophilia in humans. Traits located on the X-chromosome.

anti-essentialism

Philosophy; General

Words are not held to have referents with essential or universal qualities ; rather, meaning is generated through the relationship between signs. Consequently, being discursive constructions, ...

logocentrism

Philosophy; General

Reliance on fixed a priori transcendental meanings, that is, universal meanings, concepts and forms of logic that exist within human reason before any other kinds of thinking occur. This would ...