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1 online resource (382 pages) |
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HALF TITLE: BIOLEXICONA Guide to the Language of Biology; TITLE PAGE: BIOLEXICONA Guide to the Language of Biology; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: SOURCES; PART III: AFFIXES; PART IV: NATURAL HISTORY; PART V: BIRTH AND GROWTH; PART VI: ANATOMY; PART VII: CONCLUSION; APPENDICES; APPENDIX A: GRIMM'S LAW; APPENDIX B: ALPHABET; APPENDIX C: COMBINATION WITH AFFIXES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ILLUSTRATIONS AND PERMISSIONS; INDEX. |
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The vocabulary of biology is made easier through knowing the meanings of elements that make up whole words. English continues to adopt words from foreign languages and to build its vocabulary by inventing new words from old elements. Most of the words entering English every year reside in technical vocabularies and knowing what the elements mean prepares medical students and physicians, the practitioner of any biological science, and anyone else to decipher these new words that might name a newly discovered microbe or mastodon, a disease, or a surgical procedure. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Biology -- Terminology.
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Biology. |
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Terminology.
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English language -- Etymology.
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English language -- Etymology. |
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Print version: Blinderman, Charles. Biolexicon : A Guide to the Language of Biology. Springfield : Charles C Thomas Publisher, LTD, ©1990 9780398056711 |
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9780398082277 (electronic book) |
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0398082278 (electronic book) |
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