Endemic means belonging or native to a particular people or country. It describes a disease or organism restricted to a particular region. The word comes from Greek "dêmos" meaning "district, country, people"
List contains 700 unique words starting with O. Words categorized into kids' words, positive terms, and scientific terms. Includes words ending in various letters A-Z
Both "fish" and "fishes" are acceptable plural forms of fish. "Fish" is more commonly used and can refer to multiple species. "Fishes" is typically used in scientific contexts
Titin protein has 189,819 letters. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism causes short stature and round face. Dermatoglyphics studies handprints and shapes scientifically. Psychophysicotherapeutics integrates mind and body therapies
MeSH is a controlled vocabulary for indexing life sciences articles. Created by NLM in 1960s, replacing 1940's Cumulative Index Medicus. Now available only online through PubMed, free of charge
Dorsal means back, ventral means front in anatomical terms. Body is divided into dorsal and ventral cavities by frontal plane. Directional terms help scientists communicate more accurately