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Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...
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Wikipedia probably wasted as much time on this pointless list as it takes for one of these to run out. List of lists of lists: A list of all lists of lists -- and yes, it contains itself. List of non-water floods: Beep beep, massive waves of melted butter, wine, and chocolate coming through! List of paraphilias: Just too many to list.
Chemical nomenclature, replete as it is with compounds with very complex names, is a repository for some names that may be considered unusual. A browse through the Physical Constants of Organic Compounds in the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (a fundamental resource) will reveal not just the whimsical work of chemists, but the sometimes peculiar compound names that occur as the ...
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: Where in the World Is That?! What is the capital of Australia? Answer: Canberra. Which U.S. state has the most islands?
These funny questions to ask your friends, family, partner, and kids will make everyone laugh and bring a sense of humor any conversation.
A pseudonym is a name adopted by a person for a particular purpose, which differs from their true name. A pseudonym may be used by social activists or politicians for political purposes or by others for religious purposes. It may be a soldier's nom de guerre or an author's nom de plume.
Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to distinguish them from other taxa. Following rules of Latin grammar , species or subspecies names derived from a man's name often end in -i or -ii if named for an individual, and -orum if ...