Word: organismic
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Because the virus is not stable in the human population (it cannot co-exist with humans because it ends up killing them so quickly), researchers postulate that the virus resides in a host species normally, and the virus sporadically jumps into humans causing outbreaks in the general population. But this...
Changes in DNA that would lead to cancer if unchecked are common in the body, but when cells notice that their DNA is damaged, they will tidily commit suicide in the best interest of the organism.
Hip-hop's language - not simply its slang, which is as likely to be heard in Yale dorm rooms as on inner-city street corners, but its idiom, which involves combining the spoken (or screamed) word with a pastiche of musical elements drawn from previous songs and styles reassembled in...
The "modern" Olympics, which began in 1896, did not include women, founder Pierre de Coubertin being of the opinion that a woman's "organism is not cut out to sustain certain shocks." No wonder it took until 1984 for women to be allowed to run the Olympics' signature event, the...
The "modern" Olympics, which began in 1896, did not include women, founder Pierre de Coubertin being of the opinion that a woman's "organism is not cut out to sustain certain shocks." No wonder it took until 1984 for women to be allowed to run the Olympics' signature event, the...