| religion and medicine | The interrelationship of medicine and religion. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| religion and psychology | The interrelationship of psychology and religion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| religion | 1. The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers. "An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there can be no religious principle at the bottom, no course of conduct from religious motives; in a word, there can be no religion." (Paley) "Religion [was] not, as too often now, used as equivalent for godliness; but . . . It expressed the outer form and embodiment which the inward spirit of a true or a false devotion assumed." (Trench) "Religions, by which are meant the modes of sdivine worship proper to different tribes, nations, or communities, and based on the belief held in common by the members of them severally . . . There is no living religion without something like a doctrine. On the other hand, a doctrine, however elaborate, does not constitute a religion." (C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit)) "Religion . . . Means the conscious relation between man and God, and the expression of that relation in human conduct." (J. Kostlin (Schaff-Herzog Encyc)) "After the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisce." (Acts xxvi. 5) "The image of a brute, adorned With gay religions full of pomp and gold." (Milton) 2. Specifically, conformity in faith and life to the precepts inculcated in the Bible, respecting the conduct of life and duty toward God and man; the Christian faith and practice. "Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion." (Washington) "Religion will attend you . . . As pleasant and useful companion in every proper place, and every temperate occupation of life." (Buckminster) 3. A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion. "A good man was there of religion." (Chaucer) 4. Strictness of fidelity in conforming to any practice, as if it were an enjoined rule of conduct. "Those parts of pleading which in ancient times might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion." (Sir M. Hale) Religion, as distinguished from theology, is subjective, designating the feelings and acts of men which relate to God; while theology is objective, and denotes those ideas which man entertains respecting the God whom he worships, especially his systematized views of God. As distinguished from morality, religion denotes the influences and motives to human duty which are found in the character and will of God, while morality describes the duties to man, to which true religion always influences. As distinguished from piety, religion is a high sense of moral obligation and spirit of reverence or worship which affect the heart of man with respect to the Deity, while piety, which first expressed the feelings of a child toward a parent, is used for that filial sentiment of veneration and love which we owe to the Father of all. As distinguished from sanciti, religion is the means by which sanctity is achieved, sanctity denoting primarily that purity of heart and life which results from habitual communion with God, and a sense of his continual presence. Natural religion, a religion based upon the evidences of a God and his qualities, which is supplied by natural phenomena. See Natural theology, under Natural. Religion of humanity, a name sometimes given to a religion founded upon positivism as a philosophical basis. Revealed religion, that which is based upon direct communication of God's will to mankind; especially, the Christian religion, based on the revelations recorded in the Old and new Testaments. Origin: F, from L. Religio; cf. Religens pious, revering the gods, Gr. To head, have a care. Cf. Neglect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pili, sex | Filamentous or elongated proteinaceous structures which extend from the cell surface in gram-negative bacteria that contain certain types of conjugative plasmid. These pili are the organs associated with genetic transfer and have essential roles in conjugation. Normally, only one or a few pili occur on a given donor cell. this preferred use of "pili" refers to the sexual appendage, to be distinguished from bacterial fimbriae (fimbriae, bacterial), also known as common pili, which are usually concerned with adhesion. (12 Dec 1998) |
| primary sex characters | The sex glands, testes or ovaries, and the accessory sex organs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| safe sex | Sexual practices that limit the risk of transmitting or acquiring an infectious disease via exchanges of semen, blood, and other bodily fluids, e.g., use of a condom, mutual masturbation, and avoidance of anal intercourse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heterogametic sex | <biology> The gender which has two different sex chromosomes. For example: In humans, the male is heterogametic because he is XY (has an X chromosome and a Y chromosome). In birds, the female is heterogametic because she is WZ (has a W chromosome and a Z chromosome). Compare: homogametic sex. (09 Oct 1997) |
| secondary sex characters | Those character's peculiar to the male or female that develop at puberty, e.g., the beard of men and the breasts of women. (05 Mar 2000) |
| homogametic sex | <genetics> The gender which has two copies of the same sex chromosome. For example: In humans, the female is homogametic because she is XX (has two copies of the X chromosome). In birds, the male is homogametic because he is ZZ (has two copies of the Z chromosome). Compare: heterogametic sex. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sex | 1. The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female. 2. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female. 3. <botany> The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes. One of the groups founded on this distinction. The sex, the female sex; women, in general. Origin: L. Sexus: cf. F. Sexe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sex attractants | Pheromones that elicit sexual attraction or mating behaviour usually in members of the opposite sex in the same species. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sex behaviour | Sexual activities of humans. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sex behaviour, animal | Sexual activities of animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sex cell | A spermatozoon or an ovum. Synonym: germ cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sex characteristics | Those characteristics that distinguish one sex from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the ovaries and testes and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction. (12 Dec 1998) |