| agreeable | 1. Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste. "A train of agreeable reveries." (Goldsmith) 2. Willing; ready to agree or consent. "These Frenchmen give unto the said captain of Calais a great sum of money, so that he will be but content and agreeable that they may enter into the said town." (Latimer) 3. Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; followed by to, rarely by with. "That which is agreeable to the nature of one thing, is many times contrary to the nature of another." (L'Estrange) 4. In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report. Synonym: Pleasing, pleasant, welcome, charming, acceptable, amiable. See Pleasant. Origin: F. Agreable. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| agreement, arbitration | See: Arbitration agreement. (12 Dec 1998) |
| agretope | That part of a processed antigen that binds to the major histocompatibility complex molecule; the agretope was derived from antigen restriction element. Origin: antigen + restriction + -tope (05 Mar 2000) |
| agricultural | Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. <zoology> Agricul"turally, Agricultural ant, a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas clears circular areas and carefully cultivates its favorite grain, known as ant rice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| agricultural workers' diseases | Diseases in persons engaged in cultivating and tilling soil, growing plants, harvesting crops, raising livestock, or otherwise engaged in husbandry and farming. The diseases are not restricted to farmers in the sense of those who perform conventional farm chores: the heading applies also to those engaged in the individual activities named above, as in those only gathering harvest or in those only dusting crops. (12 Dec 1998) |
| agriculture | The science of raising plants and/or animals for food, clothing or other useful products. (06 May 1997) |
| agriculturist | One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. "The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist." (Crabb) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| agrimony | <botany> A genus of plants of the Rose family. The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens). The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used. Origin: OE. Agremoyne, OF. Aigremoine, L. Agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| agrin | <protein> Protein isolated from the synapse rich electric organ of Torpedo californica that induces the formation of synaptic specialisations on myotubes in culture. Present in muscle cells before innervation and concentrated at the neuromuscular junction once AChR clustering occurs. The release of agrin from motor axon terminals is thought to trigger the formation of the postsynaptic apparatus at developing and regenerating neuromuscular junctions. (18 Nov 1997) |
| agriologist | One versed or engaged in agriology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| agriology | <study> Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes. Origin: Gr. Wild, savage. (04 Mar 1998) |
| agriothymia | An obsolete term for a wild, ferocious mania. Origin: G. Agriothymos, wild of temper, fr. Agrios, wild, + thymos, spirit (05 Mar 2000) |
| agrobacterium | A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. With the exception of agrobacterium radiobacter, members of this genus invade the crown, roots, and stems of plants, via wounds, causing the transformation of the plant cells into proliferating tumour cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| agrobacterium tumefaciens | A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria isolated from soil and the stems and roots of plants. It causes oncogenic transformations (tumour formation) in a wide variety of higher plants after wounding. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Agrobacterium tumifaciens | <bacteria, microbiology, oncology> Agrobacterium tumifaciens is a gram-negative bacterim found in soil which causes crown gall disease in plants (which causes tumours to form at the crown and at the junction of the root and stem). The tumours are caused by the Ti plasmid in the bacterium, which is transferred from the bacteria to the plant cells. Because this plasmid is capable of replication in plant cells, it is used as a DNA vector in the genetic manipulation of plants and is being heavilly researched by plant genetic engineers. (14 Nov 1997) |