| gram-positive cocci | <microbiology> Coccus-shaped bacteria that retain the crystal violet stain when treated by gram's method. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| gram-positive endospore-forming bacteria | <microbiology> Bacteria that form endospores and are gram-positive. Representative genera include bacillus, clostridium, micromonospora, saccharopolyspora, and streptomyces. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gram-positive endospore-forming rods | <microbiology> Rod-shaped bacteria that form endospores and are gram-positive. Representative genera include bacillus and clostridium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gram-positive rods | <microbiology> A large group of rod-shaped bacteria that retains the crystal violet stain when treated by gram's method. (12 Dec 1998) |
| grama grass | <botany> The name of several kinds of pasture grasses found in the Western United States, especially. The Bouteloua oligostachya. Origin: Sp. Grama a sort of grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gramarye | Necromancy; magic. Origin: OE. Gramer, grameri, gramori, grammar, magic, OF. Gramaire, F. Grammaire. See Grammar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gramicidin | Gramicidins are a group of polypeptide antibiotics derived from the bacterial species Bacillus brevis. (09 Oct 1997) |
| Gramicidin A | <molecular biology> A linear peptide of alternate D and L amino acids that acts as a cation ionophore in lipid bilayer membranes. It is proposed that two molecules form a membrane spanning helix containing a pore lined with polar residues. (18 Nov 1997) |
| graminaceous | Pertaining to, or resembling, the grasses; gramineous; as, graminaceous plants. Origin: L. Gramen, graminis, grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gramineous | <botany> Like, Or pertaining to, grass. See Grass. Origin: L. Gramineus, fr. Gramen, graminis, grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graminifolious | <botany> Bearing leaves resembling those of grass. Origin: L. Gramen, graminis, grass + folium leaf. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graminoid | Grasses (Family Gramineae or Poaceae) and grasslike plants such as sedges (Family Cyperaceae) and rushes (Family Juncaceae). (09 Oct 1997) |
| grammar | 1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing. The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence. 2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. "The original bad grammar and bad spelling." (Macaulay) 3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing. 4. Treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. Grammar school. A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. "When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University." (Mass. Records (1647)) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught. Origin: OE. Gramere, OF. Gramaire, F. Grammaire Prob. Fr. L. Gramatica Gr, fem. Of skilled in grammar, fr. Letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gramme | <unit> The unit of weight in the metric system. It was intended to be exactly, and is very nearly, equivalent to the weight in a vacuum of one cubic centimeter of pure water at its maximum density. It is equal to 15.432 grains. See Grain. <physics> Gram degree, or Gramme degree, a unit of heat, being the amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of pure water one degree centigrade. <physics> Gram equivalent, that quantity of the metal which will replace one gram of hydrogen. Origin: F. Gramme, from Gr. ? that which is written, a letter, a small weight, fr. ? to write. See Graphic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gramme machine | <physics> A kind of dynamo-electric machine; so named from its French inventor, M. Gramme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |