Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Biology [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Publishing, Helicon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Dictionaries.

Electronic books. -- local.

Life sciences--Dictionaries.

Local Subjects:

Biology--Dictionaries.

Electronic books. -- local.

Life sciences--Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Helicon Publishing, 2005.

Contents:

"" The Hutchinson Pocket Dictionary of Biology""; ""Preface""; "" Table of contents""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""; "" abdomen""; ""abiotic factor""; ""abscissin""; ""or abscissic acid,""; ""abscission""; ""absorption""; ""abzyme""; ""acclimation""; ""or acclimatization,""; ""accommodation""; ""accommodation""; ""achene""; ""Achilles tendon""; ""acid rain""; ""acid rain""; ""acquired character""; ""action potential""; ""adaptation""

""(Latin adaptare 'to fit to')""""adaptive radiation""; ""adenoids""; ""adiabatic""; ""adipose tissue""; ""adolescence""; ""ADP""; ""adrenal gland""; ""or suprarenal gland,""; ""adrenaline""; ""or epinephrine,""; ""aerobic""; ""aestivation""; ""afterbirth""; ""agar""; ""ageing""; ""aggression""; ""agriculture""; ""(Latin ager 'field', colere 'to cultivate')""; ""agriculture""; ""agriculture""; ""AIDS""; ""acronym for acquired immune deficiency syndrome,""; ""air sac""; ""albumin""; ""alcohol, effects""; ""alimentary canal""; ""allele""; ""alternation of generations""; ""altruism""

""amino acid""""amino acid""; ""amphibian""; ""(Greek 'double life')""; ""amylase""; ""anabolism""; ""anaerobic""; ""analgesic""; ""analogous""; ""anatomy""; ""androecium""; ""androgen""; ""anemophily""; ""angiosperm""; ""animal""; ""or metazoan,""; ""(Latin anima 'breath', 'life')""; ""annelid""; ""annelid""; ""annual plant""; ""annual rings""; ""or growth rings,""; ""antenna""; ""anther""; ""antheridium""; ""antherozoid""; ""antibody""; ""anticoagulant""; ""antigen""; ""anus""; ""or anal canal,""; ""aorta""; ""aposematic coloration""; ""appendix""; ""aquarium""; ""aqueous humour""

""arboretum""""Archaea""; ""artery""; ""arthropod""; ""artificial selection""; ""ascorbic acid""; ""or vitamin C; C6H8O6,""; ""asexual reproduction""; ""asexual reproduction""; ""asexual reproduction""; ""assimilation""; ""assortative mating""; ""atavism""; ""(Latin atavus 'ancestor')""; ""ATP""; ""abbreviation for adenosine triphosphate,""; ""autolysis""; ""autonomic nervous system""; ""autoradiography""; ""autosome""; ""autotroph""; ""auxin""; ""axil""; ""axon""; ""bacillus""; ""bacteria""; ""singular bacterium,""; ""bacteriology""; ""bacteriophage""; ""balance of nature""; ""baldness""

""ball-and-socket joint""""ball-and-socket joint""; ""bark""; ""basal metabolic rate""; ""BMR,""; ""base pair""; ""basidiocarp""; ""beriberi""; ""berry""; ""biennial plant""; ""bile""; ""binary fission""; ""binomial system of nomenclature""; ""biochemical oxygen demand""; ""BOD,""; ""biochemistry""; ""biodegradable""; ""biodiversity""; ""contraction of biological diversity,""; ""bioengineering""; ""biogeography""; ""biological clock""; ""biological control""; ""biology""; ""(Greek bios 'life', logos 'discourse')""; ""bioluminescence""; ""biomass""; ""biome""; ""biophysics""; ""biosphere""

""biosynthesis""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-85986-224-1