| nontarget organism | An organism which is affected by an interaction (for example, a pesticide application) for which it was not the intended recipient. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| defective organism | Mutant with a nutritional requirement not present in the wild type organism. Synonym: defective organism, deficiency mutant. (05 Mar 2000) |
| organism | <biology> Any individual living thing, whether animal or plant. (18 Nov 1997) |
| ectocommensal organism | An organism that benefits from living on the outer surface of another organism without harming the other organism. A type of commensalism. (09 Oct 1997) |
| transgenic organism | <molecular biology> Organisms that have integrated foreign DNA into their germ line as a result of the experimental introduction of DNA. Recombinant DNA techniques are commonly used to produce a transgenic organism. (13 Nov 1997) |
| enteric organism | A microorganism that lives in the intestines. (09 Oct 1997) |
| fastidious organism | A bacterial organism having complex nutritional requirements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centimeter-gram-second system | The scientific system of expressing the fundamental physical units of length, mass, and time, and those units derived from them, in centimeters, grams, and seconds; currently being replaced by the International System of Units based on the meter, kilogram, and second. (05 Mar 2000) |
| centimeter-gram-second unit | <unit> An absolute unit of the centimeter-gram-second system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gram | A gram is the unit of measurement used to measure mass in the metric system. It is equal to the mass of one millilitre (one thousandth of a litre) of water at the temperature where water has the highest density (4 degrees C). (09 Oct 1997) |
| gram-atomic weight | Atomic weight expressed in grams. Compare: mole. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gram calorie | The quantity of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1캜, or from 14.5캜 to 15.5캜 in the case of normal or standard calorie. Synonym: gram calorie. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gram-centimeter | The energy exerted, or work done, when a mass of 1 g is raised a height of 1 cm; equal to 9.807 × 10-5 joules or newton-meters. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gram equivalent | The weight in grams of an element that combines with or replaces 1 gram of hydrogen, the atomic or molecular weight in grams of an atom or group of atoms involved in a chemical reaction divided by the number of electrons donated, taken up, or shared by the atom or group of atoms in the course of that reaction, the weight of a substance contained in 1 liter of 1 normal solution; a variant of. Synonym: combining weight, equivalent weight. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Gram, Hans | <person> Danish bacteriologist, 1853-1938. See: Gram's iodine, Gram's stain, Weigert-Gram stain. (05 Mar 2000) |