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Riftia pachyptila, commonly known as the giant tube worm and less commonly known as the giant beardworm, is a marine invertebrate in the phylum Annelida [1] (formerly grouped in phylum Pogonophora and Vestimentifera) related to tube worms commonly found in the intertidal and pelagic zones.
Ergotism (pron. / ˈ ɜːr ɡ ə t ˌ ɪ z ə m / UR-gət-iz-əm) is the effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the Claviceps purpurea fungus—from the Latin clava "club" or clavus "nail" and -ceps for "head", i.e. the purple club-headed fungus—that infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ...
In English PURRgatory, in Spanish PurGATOrio. A bilingual pun is a pun created by a word or phrase in one language sounding similar to a different word or phrase in another language. The result of a bilingual pun can be a joke that makes sense in more than one language (a joke that can be translated) or a joke which requires understanding of ...
That’s the definition of toxic. Cancer’s Most Toxic Match: Aquarius Ron Galella/Getty Images: David Hasselhoff (Cancer) and Catherine Hickland (Aquarius) divorced in 1989.
The vestimentum is used to retract the organism in and out of its tube. The trophosome is unique to tube worms. It was found to house bacterial symbiotes in Riftia. [7] Like other tube worms, they lack a digestive tract. [8] In order to survive, it holds endosymbiotic bacteria that supply the worm with nutrients.
Your love language is how you best give and receive love. Coined by noted author and radio talk show host Gary Chapman, the five love languages include words of affirmation, acts of service, qualit
Cadmium is a metal byproduct of mining that is toxic to most organisms. Animal studies have shown that cadmium poisoning alone is not enough to elicit all of the symptoms of itai-itai disease. [ 7 ] These studies point to damage of the mitochondria of kidney cells by cadmium as a key factor of the disease.
Suffixes are attached to the end of a word root to add meaning such as condition, disease process, or procedure. In the process of creating medical terminology, certain rules of language apply. These rules are part of language mechanics called linguistics. The word root is developed to include a vowel sound following the term to add a smoothing ...