Cynocephalus variegatus (from the article "flying lemur") Besides the Philippine species, Cynocephalus volans , a series of races of
Cynocephalus volans (from the article "flying lemur") Besides the Philippine species, Cynocephalus volans , a series of races of
Cynodictis (from the article "dog") ...and foxes. Miacis did not leave direct descendants, but doglike canids evolved from it. By ...
cynodont (suborder or infraorder Cynodontia), mammallike reptiles of the order Therapsida (see therapsid) that existed from ...
Cynoglossum germanicum (from the article "hound's-tongue") Two purplish-red-flowered, European species of hound's-tongue, C. officinale and C. germanicum, are widespread along roadsides ...
Cynoglossum officinale (from the article "hound's-tongue") Two purplish-red-flowered, European species of hound's-tongue, C. officinale and C. germanicum, are widespread along roadsides ...
Cynognathus genus of extinct advanced therapsids (mammals and their relatives) found as fossils in Lower Triassic ...
Cynometra alexandrii (from the article "Ituri Forest") ...The regions of the forest dominated by only a few plant species have less abundant ...
Cynops (from the article "Caudata") ...and northern Vietnam; eastern and western North America; 15 genera (including Triturus and Salamandra in ...
Cynoscephalae (Greek: "Dogs' Heads"), ancient range of hills in Thessaly, Greece, 7 miles (11 km) west ...
Cynoscephalae, Battle of (from the article "Cynoscephalae") (Greek: "Dogs' Heads"), ancient range of hills in Thessaly, Greece, 7 miles (11 km) west ...
Cynoscion regalis (from the article "weakfish") The weakfish (Cynoscion regalis ) is a marine sport fish but is usually less than 60 ...
Cynric king of the West Saxons, or Wessex (from 534). By some accounts he also reigned ... [1 Related Articles]
cynthia moth (from the article "saturniid moth") ...A. paphia, for tussah silk. A Southeast Asian silk-producing species is the large atlas moth ...
Cyperaceae sedge family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order Poales. The Cyperaceae are ... [2 Related Articles]
Cyperoideae (from the article "Cyperaceae") ...bisexual flowers and the subfamily Caricoideae with unisexual flowers, but many botanists consider this to ...
cyphonaute (from the article "moss animal") ...each zooid produces many tiny eggs, which are fertilized by sperm from another zooid as ...
cypovirus (from the article "virus") ...(widely distributed in insects and vertebrates, including bluetongue disease virus of sheep), rotaviruses (widespread causative ...
Cypraeacea (from the article "gastropod") ...becoming males early in life, then changing into females during old age; common on rocks ...
Cypraeidae (from the article "gastropod") ...during old age; common on rocks and clamshells and in dead large snail shells in ...
cypress any of 12 species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the genus Cupressus of ... [4 Related Articles]
Cypress Gardens (from the article "Winter Haven") ...Insurance and manufacturing (including building materials) are also important. The many area lakes provide water ...
Cypress Hills isolated range in southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, extending for 100 miles (160 km) ... [2 Related Articles]
cypress pine any of the ornamental and timber shrubs and trees of two closely related genera (Callitris ... [1 Related Articles]
cypress spurge (from the article "spurge") Perennial ornamentals of temperate climes include: cypress spurge (E. cyparissias ), from Europe, a globe-shaped plant ...
cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit ), tropical American twining climber naturalized in southern North America. It has star-shaped scarlet, ...
Cyprian, Saint early Christian theologian and bishop of Carthage who led the Christians of North Africa during ... [8 Related Articles]
Cyprian, Saint metropolitan of Moscow in 1381-82 and 1390-1406.
cyprid (from the article "barnacle") ...mature within the mantle cavity, and the larvae emerge as free-swimming forms called nauplii, as ...
Cypridina hilgendorfii (from the article "bioluminescence") ...which consist of a lens, reflector, and light-emitting photogenic cells. Of the three or four ...
Cypriniformes (from the article "ostariophysan") ...suckers, characins, loaches, gymnotid "eels," and innumerable catfishes. The 31 recognized families of catfishes constitute ...
Cypriot syllabary system of writing used on the island of Cyprus, chiefly from the 6th to the ...
Cypripedium (from the article "lady's slipper") any member of several genera of orchids, family Orchidaceae, in which the lip of the ...
Cypro-Minoan script (from the article "Cypriot syllabary") ...although the syllabary was originally designed for writing the earlier non-Greek language of Cyprus. The ...
Cypro-Phoenician script (from the article "Phoenician alphabet") ...from this North Semitic prototype and was in use until about the 1st century BC ...
cyproterone (from the article "steroid") ...acetate (26), have antiandrogenic properties that are the basis for their use against benign or ...
Cyprus an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea renowned since ancient times for its mineral wealth, ... [35 Related Articles]
Cyprus cedar (from the article "cedar") The Atlas cedar (C. atlantica ), the Cyprus cedar (C. brevifolia ), the deodar (C. deodara ), and ...
Cyprus Convention of 1878 (from the article "Cyprus") The Cyprus Convention of 1878 between Britain and Turkey provided that Cyprus, while remaining under ...
Cyprus Forestry College (from the article "Cyprus") ...BC onward and extensive felling for building and for fuel have cleared most of them. ...
Cyprus, Church of one of the oldest autocephalous, or ecclesiastically independent, churches of the Eastern Orthodox communion. Its ... [4 Related Articles]
Cyprus, flag of national flag consisting of a white field (background) showing a yellow silhouette of Cyprus above ...
Cyprus, history of (from the article "Cyprus") HistoryBattle of Lepanto Lepanto, Battle of (Oct. ...
Cypselid family (from the article "Periander") Periander was the son of Cypselus, the founder of the Cypselid dynasty of Corinth. To ...
Cypseloides (from the article "apodiform") ...an essentially poikilothermic (cold-blooded) condition for the first few weeks of life, the body temperature ...
Cypselus (from the article "ancient Greek civilization") ...when oligarchies disagree internally, and this analysis makes good sense in the Corinthian context. The ...
Cyr, Louis (from the article "physical culture") ...also aroused working-class passions by sponsoring world championships in everything from wood chopping to water ...
Cyrankiewicz, Jozef Polish prime minister (1947-52, 1954-70) who presided over Poland's turbulent post-World War II period.
Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinien French satirist and dramatist whose works combining political satire and science-fantasy inspired a number of ... [3 Related Articles]
Cyrenaic adherent of a Greek school of moral philosophy, active around the turn of the 3rd ... [3 Related Articles]
Cyrenaica historic region of North Africa and until 1963 a province of the United Kingdom of ... [7 Related Articles]
Cyrene in Greek mythology, a nymph, daughter of Hypseus (king of the Lapiths) and Chlidanope (a ...
Cyrene ancient Greek colony in Libya, founded c. 631 BC by a group of emigrants from ... [2 Related Articles]
Cyreschata (from the article "Cyrus II") ...his mother swore revenge and defeated and killed Cyrus. Herodotus' story may be apocryphal, but ...
Cyriacus of Ancona Italian merchant and Humanist whose writings, based on topographical observations and antiquarian findings relating to ... [2 Related Articles]
Cyril (from the article "Saxecoburggotski, Simeon") ...cause of death being reported variously as heart attack or poisoning-and the six-year-old crown prince ...
Cyril and Methodius Brotherhood (from the article "Ukraine") Tsarist repression and the still premodern, largely rural character of Ukrainian society in the Russian ...
Cyril and Methodius, Saints brothers who for christianizing the Danubian Slavs and for influencing the religious and cultural development ...
Cyril of Alexandria, Saint Christian theologian and bishop active in the complex doctrinal struggles of the 5th century. He ... [10 Related Articles]
Cyril of Jerusalem, Saint bishop of Jerusalem and doctor of the church who fostered the development of the "holy ... [2 Related Articles]
Cyril of Turaw, Saint (from the article "Belarus") Literary activity in Belarus dates to the 11th century. In the 12th century St. Cyril ...
Cyril VI (from the article "Melchite") ...with Rome in 1054. For several centuries afterward, the patriarch of Antioch attempted reunification with ...
Cyril, Saint (from the article "Cyril and Methodius, Saints") In 860, Cyril (originally named Constantine), who had gone on a mission to the Arabs ...
Cyrillaceae (from the article "Ericales") Cyrillaceae is a small family of two genera of trees or shrubs that grow in ...
Cyrillic alphabet writing system developed in the 9th-10th century AD for Slavic-speaking peoples of the Eastern Orthodox ... [17 Related Articles]
Cyrillid meteor shower (from the article "meteor shower") ...perspective makes the parallel meteor tracks seem to originate. Some showers have been named for ...
Cyrillus Lukaris (from the article "Christianity") Orthodox Christians also participated in the search for union. Metropolitan Philaret of Moscow and the ...
Cyrtophora (from the article "protozoan") ...Litostomatea Simple oral ciliature may have oral toxicysts; includes Dileptus and Lacrymaria . Subphylum Cyrtophora Class Phyllopharyngea Where the feeding ...
Cyrtopleurites bicrenatus (from the article "Norian Stage") ...the Triassic Period. The stage was named after an ancient Roman province south of the ...
Cyrtorhynus mundulus (from the article "plant bug") Although most plant bugs are plant pests, some are beneficial. Cyrtorhynus mundulus of Australia feeds ...
Cyrus I Achaemenian king, the son of Teispes and grandfather of Cyrus II the Great; he had ... [3 Related Articles]
Cyrus II conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centred on Persia and comprising the Near East from ... [24 Related Articles]
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Cyrus, Tomb of (from the article "Pasargadae") Farther south again, the tomb of Cyrus still stands almost intact, its simple lines and ...
Cysat, Johann (from the article "Orion Nebula") ...Trapezium. Radiation from these stars excites the nebula to glow. It was discovered in 1610 ...
cyst in biology, enclosed sac within body tissues, having a distinct membrane and generally containing a ... [7 Related Articles]
cystacanth (from the article "spiny-headed worm") ...and develops into a new stage called an acanthella. The acanthella, a miniature version of ...
cystathionine synthetase (from the article "connective tissue disease") ...the medium-size peripheral blood vessels. Homocystinuria is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait (it is ...
cystectomy (from the article "bladder cancer") ...using a cystoscope in a procedure called transurethral resection. If the cancer has spread to ...
cysteine (from the article "Some chemicals that exert radioprotective effects in laboratory animals") ...potential for this system. (See chemical reaction: Oxidation-reduction reactions for a discussion of redox reactions.) ...
cystic duct (from the article "digestive system, human") ...cm in length, and flow of bile from its lower end into the intestine is ...
cystic fibrosis an inherited metabolic disorder, the chief symptom of which is the production of a thick, ... [7 Related Articles]
cysticercus (from the article "tapeworm") ...the larva emerges in the digestive tract. It bores through the intestinal wall into a ...
cystid (from the article "moss animal") ...the colony are found at its outer edges. Cells from the surface epithelium push inward ...
cystine a crystalline, sulfur-containing amino acid that is formed from two molecules of the amino acid ... [8 Related Articles]
cystinosis inborn error of metabolism resulting in the deposition of crystals of the amino acid cystine ... [1 Related Articles]
cystinuria hereditary error of metabolism characterized by the excessive excretion into the urine of four amino ... [2 Related Articles]
Cystiphyllum extinct genus of solitary corals found as fossils in Silurian and Devonian marine rocks (the ...
cystitis acute or chronic inflammation of the urinary bladder. The bladder, the storage sac for urine, ... [2 Related Articles]
Cystobasidiales (from the article "fungus") ...Cystobasidiomycetes Parasitic on plants; simple-septate basidiomycetes; contains three orders. Order Cystobasidiales Parasitic on plants; yeasts are non-teliospore-forming and ...
Cystobasidiomycetes (from the article "fungus") ...on plants; typically have five spore stages and two alternate hosts; example genera include Puccinia ...
cystocyte (from the article "circulation") ...intermediate metabolism as well; and (4) hemocytes that are concerned with wound healing; the plasma ...
Cystofilobasidiales (from the article "fungus") ...or saprobic; if present, parenthesome separated into cup-shaped sections; gelatinous fruiting bodies may be absent; ...
cystography (from the article "renal system") ...in which contrast medium is injected through a fine catheter introduced either directly into the ...
cystolith (from the article "Acanthaceae") The family is characterized by simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs, cystoliths ...
Cystoporata (from the article "moss animal") ...by open pores; sexual reproduction involves polyembryony, usually in special reproductive zooids; all seas; Ordovician ...
cystoscope (from the article "bladder cancer") In cases of suspected cancer, a urine sample or bladder washing is examined for the ...
cystourethrocele (from the article "parturition") ...vagina, involuntary loss of urine while coughing or laughing, a sensation of heaviness or discomfort ...
cytarabine (from the article "drug") ...necessary for macromolecular synthesis. Examples of these include antagonists of purines (azathioprine, mercaptopurine, and thioguanine) ...
Cythera island, southernmost and easternmost of the Ionian Islands, off the southern Peloponnesus (Peloponnisos). It is ... [3 Related Articles]
cytidine monophosphate (from the article "metabolism") ...is produced, and inorganic pyrophosphate is released [77b]. CDP-diglyceride is the common precursor of a ...
cytidine triphosphate (from the article "cytosine") Cytidine is a structural subunit of ribonucleic acid that consists of cytosine and the sugar ...
Cytinus (from the article "Rafflesiaceae") ...includes the following genera, mostly in the Old World subtropics: Pilostyles (22 species), Bdallophytum (4 ...
cytochrome any of a group of hemoprotein cell components that, by readily undergoing reduction and oxidation ... [4 Related Articles]
cytochrome c (from the article "Number of amino acids per protein molecule") ...(a, b, c ) depending on their light-absorption spectra. At least 30 different cytochromes have been ...
cytochrome oxidase (from the article "transition element") ...enzymes; examples are (1) ascorbic acid oxidase (an oxidase is an oxidizing enzyme), which contains ...
cytochrome P-450 monooxygenase (from the article "hydrocarbon") Under conditions of biological oxidation by the cytochrome P-450 enzyme system in the liver, benzene ...
cytogamy (from the article "Paramecium") ...mating types that form 16 distinct mating groups, or syngens (now considered separate species by ...
cytogenetics (from the article "genetics") Cytogenetics, the microscopic study of chromosomes, blends the skills of cytologists, who study the structure ...
cytokine any of a group of small, short-lived proteins that are released by one cell to ... [6 Related Articles]
cytokinesis in biology, the process by which one cell physically divides into two cells. Cytokinesis represents ... [1 Related Articles]
cytokinin any of a number of plant growth substances that are usually derived from adenine. Synthesized ... [4 Related Articles]
cytology the study of cells as fundamental units of living things. The earliest phase of cytology ... [9 Related Articles]
cytomegalovirus any of several viruses in the herpes family (Herpesviridae), frequently involved in human infection. The ... [3 Related Articles]
cytopathic effect (from the article "virus") ...grown only in the brains of chimpanzees or the spinal cords of monkeys.) Culturing cells ...
cytoplasm the semifluid substance of a cell that is external to the nuclear membrane and internal ... [15 Related Articles]
cytoplasmic determinant (from the article "cell") ...cleavage divisions that produce separate cells called blastomeres. Each blastomere inherits a certain region of ...
cytoplasmic inheritance (from the article "virus") ...herpesviruses and adenoviruses can be integrated into the genome of the host cell, but it ...
cytoplasmic male sterility (from the article "plant breeding") ...a built-in cellular system of pollination control has made hybrid varieties possible in a wide ...
cytoplasmic streaming the movement of the fluid substance (cytoplasm) within a plant or animal cell. The motion ... [4 Related Articles]
cytoproct (from the article "protozoan") ...before gradually becoming alkaline near the end of the process. The products of digestion are ...
cytosine a nitrogenous base derived from pyrimidine that occurs in nucleic acids, the heredity-controlling components of ... [5 Related Articles]
cytoskeleton a system of filaments or fibres that is present in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells ... [8 Related Articles]
cytosol (from the article "The relative volumes occupied by some cellular compartments in a typical liver cell") ...and ATP hydrolysis. The force developed in the whole muscle is the sum of all ...
cytostome (from the article "protozoan") ...hairlike structures, or cilia, arranged in ordered rows called kineties. The cilia beat in synchronized ...
cytotoxic drug (from the article "drug") ...to the use of drugs that modify the immune response in recipients of these tissue ...
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