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Constitution

1. The physical makeup of a body, including the mode of performance of its functions, the activity of its metabolic processes, the manner and degree of its reactions to stimuli, and its power of resistance to the attack of pathogenic organisms.

2. In chemistry, the number and kind of atoms in the molecule and the relation they bear to each other.

Origin: L. Constitutio, constitution, disposition, fr. Constituo, pp. -stitutus, to establish, fr. Statuo, to set up


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Theories - Origin of Life

... billion years from the decay of a half-mechanical/half biological system that transmitted a half-mechanical/half biological genome, which shape ,constitution and functioning is suggested through a model. The non agreement between ID and Matrix/DNA is not about the word “design”, but about the ...

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by TheMatrixDNA
Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:00 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)

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by TruthIsHoly
Fri Jun 25, 2010 7:46 pm
 
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Topic: Brain size=IQ level theory (Blacks vs Whites & Asians)
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Intro to genetics problem.

@jackbean bread true means you get a homologous recessive or dominant when one of the parent is the has the genetic constitution as the offspring a little confusing. sorry. i will get back to you

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by jwalin
Wed Jan 20, 2010 1:20 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Intro to genetics problem.
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Stomach bloating and weight gain

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by kolean
Thu Jul 23, 2009 2:57 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Re: A myth of biology debunked

... issue was not so established in stone as it is today either. By the way the phrase was written in a letter of Thomas Jefferson, it is not in the constitution. The constitution says that "congress shall make no law establishing" a state religion. The lawyers then won cases using this ...

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by AFJ
Sun May 17, 2009 9:20 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: A myth of biology debunked
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