(Encyclopedia) Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793–1867, English marine and landscape painter. He was first a sailor, then a scenery painter. Later he became known for his paintings of dramatic marine scenes.…
(Encyclopedia) embolusembolusĕmˈbələs [key], foreign matter circulating in and obstructing a blood vessel. It may be a portion of a clot that has separated from the wall of a vessel (see thrombosis…
(Encyclopedia) homogenizationhomogenizationhəmŏjˌənəzāˈshən [key], process in which a mixture is made uniform throughout. Generally this procedure involves reducing the size of the particles of one…
(Encyclopedia) palmitinpalmitinpălˈmətĭn [key], fat that is the triglyceride of palmitic acid, CH3(CH2)14CO2H, i.e., the tripalmitate ester of glycerol. It is a white crystalline solid at ordinary…
(Encyclopedia) silenussilenussīlēˈnəs [key], in Greek mythology, part bestial and part human creature of the forests and mountains. Part of Dionysus' entourage, the sileni are usually represented as…
(Encyclopedia) Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl, 1851–1917, English statesman, nephew of the 3d Earl Grey. In 1880 he entered the House of Commons as a Liberal, but he lost his seat as a…
Anatomists are people who study the human body. Everyone is unique. We have different skin colors, hair colors, body shapes and sizes — but we all look alike inside. If you could peek inside your…
