| lecture notes | Notes taken at the delivery or reading of a speech before an audience or class, usually given to instruct. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| remedial teaching | Specialised instruction for students deviating from the expected norm. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hospitals, teaching | Hospitals engaged in educational and research programs, as well as providing medical care to the patients. (12 Dec 1998) |
| teaching | The educational process of instructing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| teaching hospital | A hospital that also functions as a formal centre of learning for the training of physicians, nurses, and allied health personnel. (05 Mar 2000) |
| teaching materials | Instructional materials used in teaching. (12 Dec 1998) |
| genetics, population | The study of the genetic composition of populations and of the effects of factors such as selection, population size, mutation, migration, and genetic drift on the frequencies of various genotypes and phenotypes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| growth rate of population | <epidemiology> A measure of population change in the absence of migration, comprising addition of newborns and subtraction of deaths; the result is known as the natural rate of increase of the population; it is the difference between the crude birth rate and the crude death rate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rural population | The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural. (12 Dec 1998) |
| p in population genetics | The frequency of the more common of two different alternative (allelic) versions of a gene. (the frequency of less common allele is q). (12 Dec 1998) |
| population | 1. <genetics> A stable group of randomly interbreeding individuals. 2. <statistics> The set of objects or individuals from which a random sample is drawn. Origin: L. Populatio, from populus = people (18 Nov 1997) |
| population characteristics | <epidemiology> Qualities and characterization of various types of populations within a social or geographic group, with emphasis on demography, health status, and socioeconomic factors. (12 Dec 1998) |
| population control | Includes mechanisms or programs which control the numbers of individuals in a population of humans or animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| population density | <epidemiology> Number of individuals in a population relative to space. (12 Dec 1998) |
| population diffusion coefficient | <cell biology> Coefficient that describes the tendency of a population of motile cells to diffuse through the environment. Its use presupposes that the cells move in a random walk. (18 Nov 1997) |