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cringle
cringle, a short piece of rope worked grommet fashion into the bolt-rope of a sail and containing a metal thimble. In the days of sail they were used to hook in the tack and sheet tackles when they had to be moved up when a sail was reefed. In the days of square-rigged ships, cringles were used on... Read more |
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Polydactyly and Syndactyly
Polydactyly and syndactyly Definition Polydactyly and syndactyly are congenital malformations of the fingers and/or toes. Polydactyly is the presence of extra fingers or toes, and syndactyly is the fusing together or webbing of two or more fingers or... Read more |
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Trisomy
trisomy The condition of a nucleus, cell, or organism in which one of the pairs of homologous chromosomes has gained an additional chromosome, resulting in a chromosome number of 2n + 1 (see aneuploid). Trisomy is the cause of a number of human genetic abnormalities, including Down's syndrome;... Read more |
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Henry Louis Aaron
Hank Aaron (Henry Louis Aaron), 1934-, U.S. baseball player, b. Mobile, Ala. A durable outfielder noted for his powerful wrists, Aaron was among the first blacks to play a full career in the major leagues (1954-76). In 1974 "Hammerin' Hank" broke Babe Ruth 's legendary lifetime mark of 714... Read more |
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pellicle
pellicle The living, proteinaceous, layered structure which surrounds the cells in many types of protozoa. It is immediately below the cell membrane and surrounds the cytoplasm (it is not extra-cellular, like the cell wall in a plant). In Ciliatea it may be very complex and contain pellicular,... Read more |
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Klinefelter syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome Definition Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that affects only males. People with this condition are born with at least one extra X chromosome. The syndrome was first identified and described in 1942 by Harry Fitch Klinefelter, Jr., an American... Read more |
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Gene Upshaw
Gene Upshaw 1945— Football player, union executive As a guard for pro football's Oakland Raiders, Gene Upshaw established a reputation as one of the most dominating players on the field. As the longtime executive director of the NFL Players' Association, he is widely regarded as one of the... Read more |
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Family values
Family Values Family values and the value of families are not discrete entities. Rather, like the family, family values exist within social contexts. As such they can be studied in numerous ways including: intra (within), extra (without), and cross-cultural family analysis. An extra analysis... Read more |
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