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Folsom culture
(Encyclopedia)Folsom culture fŏlˈsəm, fŭlˈ– [key], a group of Paleo-Indians (see Americas, antiquity and prehistory of the) known through artifacts first excavated (1926) near Folsom, E of Raton, N.Mex. The ...tissue culture
(Encyclopedia)tissue culture, the propagation of plants through the placement of small amounts of undifferentiated tissue or single cells in an artificial environment. The tissue is placed in a nutrient medium that...Anasazi culture
(Encyclopedia)Anasazi culture änˌəsäˈzē [key]: see Basket Makers; cliff dwellers; Pueblo. ...Helladic culture
(Encyclopedia)Helladic culture: see Mycenaean civilization. ...human engineering
(Encyclopedia)human engineering: see ergonomics. ...European Court of Human Rights
(Encyclopedia)European Court of Human Rights: see Council of Europe. ...human papillomavirus
(Encyclopedia)human papillomavirus (HPV), any of a family of more than 100 viruses that cause various growths, including plantar warts and genital warts, a sexually transmitted disease. Genital warts, sometimes cal...Ethical Culture movement
(Encyclopedia)Ethical Culture movement, originating in the Society for Ethical Culture, founded in New York City in 1876, by Felix Adler. Its aim is “to assert the supreme importance of the ethical factor in all ...human-factors engineering
(Encyclopedia)human-factors engineering: see ergonomics. ...human granulocytic ehrlichiosis
(Encyclopedia)human granulocytic ehrlichiosis: see ehrlichiosis. ...Browse by Subject
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