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Greece
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D006115 |
[A country in southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey. The capital is Athens.
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Greece, Ancient
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[A civilization extant from about 1200 BC. to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 B.C. It extended from the Greek city states to North Africa and eastward to the Indus River.
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Greek World
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D018645 |
[A historical and cultural entity dispersed across a wide geographical area under the influence of Greek civilization, culture, and science. The Greek Empire extended from the Greek mainland and the Aegean islands from the 16th century B.C., to the Indus Valley in the 4th century under Alexander the Great, and to southern Italy and Sicily. Greek medicine began with Homeric and Aesculapian medicine and continued unbroken to Hippocrates (480-355 B.C.). The classic period of Greek medicine was 460-136 B.C. and the Graeco-Roman period, 156 B.C.-576 A.D. (From A. Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2d ed; from F. H. Garrison, An Introduction to the History of Medicine, 4th ed)
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Green Chemistry Technology
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[Pollution prevention through the design of effective chemical products that have low or no toxicity and use of chemical processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.
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Green Fluorescent Proteins
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[Protein analogs and derivatives of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein that emit light (FLUORESCENCE) when excited with ULTRAVIOLET RAYS. They are used in REPORTER GENES in doing GENETIC TECHNIQUES. Numerous mutants have been made to emit other colors or be sensitive to pH.
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Greenhouse Effect
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D017752 |
[The effect of GREENHOUSE GASES and the resulting increase in world temperatures. The predicted health effects of such long-term climatic change include increased incidence of respiratory, water-borne, and vector-borne diseases.
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Greenhouse Gases
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[Gaseous elements, chemicals that are in the atmosphere that may contribute to GREENHOUSE EFFECT.
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Greenland
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D006116 |
[An island in Northern North America, between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Canada.
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Grenada
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D019425 |
[An island of the West Indies. Its capital is St. George's. It was discovered in 1498 by Columbus who called it Concepcion. It was held at different times by the French and the British during the 18th century. The British suppressed a native uprising in 1795. It was an associate state of Great Britain 1967-74 but became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth in 1974. The original name referred to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception but it was later renamed for the Spanish kingdom of Granada. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p467 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p219)
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Grewia
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D032382 |
[A plant genus of the family TILIACEAE. Members contain lupeol and betulin TRITERPENES.
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Grid Cells
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D000071038 |
[Neurons in the ENTORHINAL CORTEX that project to the HIPPOCAMPUS. Grid cells and PLACE CELLS play a role in cognitive representation of spatial memory and navigation.
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Grief
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D006117 |
[Normal, appropriate sorrowful response to an immediate cause. It is self-limiting and gradually subsides within a reasonable time.
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Griffonia
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D031295 |
[A plant genus of the family FABACEAE. Members contain Griffonia simplicifolia agglutin-I and griffonin.
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Grifola
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D048691 |
[A member of the AGARICALES known for edible MUSHROOMS.
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Grindelia
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D036623 |
[A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain triterpenoid sapogenins.
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Griseofulvin
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D006118 |
[An antifungal agent used in the treatment of TINEA infections.
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Groin
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D006119 |
[The external junctural region between the lower part of the abdomen and the thigh.
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Grooming
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D006120 |
[An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the tongue.
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Gross Domestic Product
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D059066 |
[Value of all final goods and services produced in a country in one year.
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Grossulariaceae
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D031964 |
[A plant family of the order ROSALES, subclass Rosidae, class Magnoliopsida. They are deciduous woody shrubs with alternate leaves. The flowers are in terminal racemes with 5 petals and 5 stamens.
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