| int 1 | <oncogene> Oncogene from mouse mammary carcinoma that encodes a secreted protein. Related to Drosophila gene wingless. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| int 2 | <oncogene> Oncogene from mouse mammary carcinoma that encodes a member of fibroblast growth factor receptor family. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mathematical chaos | A dynamic system so sensitive to its precise current state (which in practice will never be known exactly) that its behaviour, though deterministic, is indistinguishable from random. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chaos | 1. State of such total disorganization that it has no constructive predicates. 2. A state in which no causal relationships are operating. Origin: G., primeval formless void (05 Mar 2000) |
| chaos theory | A branch of mathematics dealing with events and processes that cannot be predicted precisely on the basis of conventional mathematical theories or laws; some biological processes, e.g., spread of malignant disease, appear to conform to chaos theory, at least sometimes. (05 Mar 2000) |