| jak | <botany> See Ils Jack. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| yak | <zoology> A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc. Yak lace, a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of the yak. Origin: Thibetan gyag. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Bek | E.V., Russian physician. See: Kashin-Bek disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kashin-Bek disease | A form of generalised osteoarthrosis limited to areas of Asia, including the Urov river; believed to result from ingestion of wheat infected with the fungus Fusarium sporotrichiella. (05 Mar 2000) |