| GAME | immunoglobulins G, A, M, and E |
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| game | 1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic. "We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game." (Shak) 2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc. "But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at." (Cowper) Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans, there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the government, usually accompanied with religious ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian games. 3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards. "Talk the game o'er between the deal." (Lloyd) 4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game. 5. In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest. 6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project. "Your murderous game is nearly up." (Blackw. Mag) "It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack." (Saintsbury) 7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table. "Those species of animals . . . Distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game." (Blackstone) Confidence game. See Confidence. To make game of, to make sport of; to mock. Origin: OE. Game, gamen, AS. Gamen, gomen, play, sport; akin to OS, OHG, & Icel. Gaman, Dan. Gammen mirth, merriment, OSw. Gamman joy. Cf. Gammon a game, Backgammon, Gamble. 1. To rejoice; to be pleased; often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative. "God loved he best with all his whole hearte at alle times, though him gamed or smarte." (Chaucer) 2. To play at any sport or diversion. 3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble. Origin: OE. Gamen, gameen, to rejoice, AS. Gamenian to play. See Game. 1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky. "I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death." (W. Irving) 2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken. Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, especially. Grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns. Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock. Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport. Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. To be game. To show a brave, unyielding spirit. To be victor in a game. To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| game fowl | <zoology> A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| game theory | A mathematical theory that deals with action in a conflict situation as if it were a game in which each player seeks to maximise his opponent's losses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gamecock | <zoology> The male game fowl. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gamekeeper's thumb | <radiology> Dislocation of 1st MCP joint, with or without avulsion fracture, rupture of ulnar collateral ligament, gamekeeper twists and pulls off head of cute little animals, now seen due to ski-pole injuries (12 Dec 1998) |
| games, experimental | Games designed to provide information on hypotheses, policies, procedure or strategies. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gametangium | A structure in which gametes are produced. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gamete | <biology, genetics> Specialised haploid cells produced by meiosis and involved in sexual reproduction. Male gametes are usually small and motile (spermatozoa), whereas female gametes (oocytes) are larger and nonmotile. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gamete intra-fallopian transfer | <gynaecology> Gamete intra-fallopian transfer is a technique that involves combining eggs and sperm outside of the body and immediately placing them into the fallopian tubes to achieve fertilization. A technique that came into use in the mid-1980's for assisted conception in infertile women with normal fallopian tubes. The protocol consists of hormonal stimulation of the ovaries, followed by laparoscopic follicular aspiration of oocytes, and then the transfer of sperm and oocytes by catheterization into the fallopian tubes. Acronym: GIFT (12 Dec 1998) |
| gametic nucleus | <cell biology> The smaller nucleus in ciliate protozoans, fully active in inheritance and passed after meiosis to conjugating pairs. Gives rise to the macronucleus or macronuclei. Genes in the micronucleus are not actively transcribed. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gameto- | A gamete. Origin: G. Gametes, husband, gamete, wife, fr. Gameo, to marry (05 Mar 2000) |
| gametocide | An agent destructive of gametes, specifically the malarial gametocytes. Origin: Gameto-+ L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |
| gametocyst | A cyst formed around a pair of united gregarine gamonts in which gametes are produced. Origin: Gameto-+ G. Kystis, bladder (05 Mar 2000) |
| gametocyte | A cell capable of dividing to produce gametes, e.g., a spermatocyte or oocyte. Synonym: gamont. Origin: Gameto-+ G. Kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |
| gametogenesis | <biology> Process leading to the production of gametes. (18 Nov 1997) |
Synonyms : Prisoner Dilemma, Prisoners Dilemma, Dilemma, Prisoner, Dilemma, Prisoner's, Dilemma, Prisoners, Dilemmas, Prisoner, Dilemmas, Prisoner's, Dilemmas, Prisoners, Game Theories, Prisoner Dilemmas, Prisoner's Dilemmas, Prisoners Dilemmas, Theories, Game, Theory, Game
Synonyms : Experimental Game, Experimental Games, Game, Experimental
Synonyms : Intrafallopian Transfer, Gamete, Transfer, Gamete Intrafallopian
Synonyms : Gametogeneses
| gametocyte |
an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis
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| gametogenesis |
the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis
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| gametophyte |
the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
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| gametangium |
cell or organ in which gametes develop
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| gamete |
a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes
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| GAME | a contest with rules to determine a winner |
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| GAME | a single play of a game |
| GAME | an amusement or pastime |
| GAME | (informal) your occupation or line of work |
| GAME | animal hunted for food or sport |
| GAME | the game equipment needed to play a game |
| GAME | the flesh of wild animals that is used for food |
| GAME | the score at a particular point or the score needed to win |
| GAME | place a bet on |
| GAME | willing to face danger |
| GAME | disabled in the feet or legs |
| GAME | any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport |
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