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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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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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Re: Chromosome Genes, Male/Female need clarification

The question is, what are the resulting zygotes? They didn’t have to give you the constitution of the gametes, but they did. So, for the first cross, the zygote has no Y chromosome and no second X chromosome, therefore the zygote is female under H1 (no Y) but male ...

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by blcr11
Thu Sep 04, 2008 2:49 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Chromosome Genes, Male/Female need clarification
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Our body is controlled by Brain. What controls the brain?.

... based on the fact that the human body is very dynamic, self-regulatory and self-directory. Whenever there is an inbalance in the physico- chemical constitution, as well as the biological/valeological stbility of the human internal enviroment, a group of cells, tissues, organs, and even systems ...

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by AstusAleator
Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:15 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Our body is controlled by Brain. What controls the brain?.
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The brain controls body functions, what controls the brain?

... based on the fact that the human body is very dynamic, self-regulatory and self-directory. Whenever there is an inbalance in the physico- chemical constitution, as well as the biological/valeological stbility of the human internal enviroment, a group of cells, tissues, organs, and even systems ...

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by abbassido
Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:44 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Our body is controlled by Brain. What controls the brain?.
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Immortality? Possibility?

Immortality is not possible.. may be a longer life expectancy.... But not immortality.. The problem lies on the organic constitution of our body.. all that is organic has to wither sooner or later... What reasoning brought you to conclude that "organic has to wither sooner or ...

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by Martian
Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:37 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Immortality? Possibility?
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