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cardiovascular system

(Encyclopedia)cardiovascular system: see circulatory system. ...

urinary system

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Urinary system urinary system, group of organs of the body concerned with excretion of urine, that is, water and the waste products of metabolism. In humans, the kidneys are two small organs s...

Bertillon system

(Encyclopedia)Bertillon system bərtĭlˈyən [key], first scientific method of criminal identification, developed by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914). The system, based on the classificati...

international gold standard

(Encyclopedia)international gold standard: see international monetary system. ...

EU (European Union)

(Encyclopedia)EU: see European Union.

European Astronaut Center

(Encyclopedia)European Astronaut Center (EAC): see European Space Agency. ...

European corn borer

(Encyclopedia)European corn borer: see corn borer. ...

European Economic Area

(Encyclopedia)European Economic Area: see European Free Trade Association; European Union. ...

European Economic Community

(Encyclopedia)European Economic Community (EEC), organization established (1958) by a treaty signed in 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany (now Germany); it was known infor...

European Investment Bank

(Encyclopedia)European Investment Bank, nonprofit bank created in 1958 by the six founding countries of the European Economic Community (now part of the European Union [EU]). The bank makes or guarantees loans to E...