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gallbladder cancer - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

(GAWL-bla-der KAN-ser) Cancer that forms in tissues of the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ below the liver that collects and stores bile (a fluid made by the liver to digest fat). Gallbladder cancer begins in the innermost layer of tissue and spreads through the outer layers as it grows.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: cholelith, extrahepatic, extraocular, gallbladder, gallstone, localized gallbladder cancer

Gallery - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

A passageway within the body of a dam, its foundation, or abutments used for inspection, foundation grouting, and/or drainage.

Bureau of Reclamation - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Abutment, Adit, Drainage curtain, Left abutment, Right abutment, Volume of Concrete, Volume of dam

All > Science > Weather

In hydrologic terms, a passageway within the body of a dam or abutment.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Abutment, Abutment Seeping, cutoff, Drains (Relief Wells), Seepage

All > Technology > Collaboration > SharePoint

A library that is used to store a collection of site resources, such as Web Parts, list templates, or site templates.
Richard Harbridge - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Collaboration Content, Contributor site group, Document Center, Document Library, image library, Libraries, library, List Template, Shared Documents Library, Site Templates

All > Technology > Security > Biometrics

The biometric systemï¿½s database, or set of known individuals, for a specific implementation or evaluation experiment. See also database, probe.
NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Neural Net/Neural Network, Operational Evaluation, Scenario Evaluation, Technology Evaluation

gallium nitrate - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

A drug that lowers blood calcium. Used as treatment for hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and for cancer that has spread to the bone (bone metastases).
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: alendronate sodium, bisphosphonate, bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis, BON, calcium carbonate, diphosphonate, Fosamax, strontium ranelate, zoledronate, zoledronic acid, Zometa

gallium scan - permalink - collapse

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A procedure to detect areas of the body where cells are dividing rapidly. It is used to locate cancer cells or areas of inflammation. A very small amount of radioactive gallium is injected into a vein and travels through the bloodstream. The gallium is taken up by rapidly dividing cells in the bones, tissues, and organs and is detected by a scanner.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: bone scan, liver scan, nuclear medicine scan, radioimaging, radionuclide scanning, scanner, scintigraphy, sestamibi scan

Gallon - permalink - collapse

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A unit of measure equal to four quarts or 128 fluid ounces.

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Browse Related Terms: Contraction joint, Control joint, Foot-Pound, Micron, MIL, Pounds per square inch (psi or lb/in2)

gallstone - permalink - collapse

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Solid material that forms in the gallbladder or common bile duct. Gallstones are made of cholesterol or other substances found in the gallbladder. They may occur as one large stone or as many small ones, and vary from the size of a golf ball to a grain of sand. Also called cholelith.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: cholelith, extrahepatic, extraocular, gallbladder, gallbladder cancer, localized gallbladder cancer

Galosh - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Defense

The Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile system built to defend Moscow from missile attack.
DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: ABM, Air-breathing, Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM), Anti-Ballistic Missile System, Ballistics, MOAB, National Missile Defense (NMD) System, Sentinel

galvanic skin response - permalink - collapse

All > Medicine > Cancer

(gal-VA-nik ... reh-SPONTS) A change in the heat and electricity passed through the skin by nerves and sweat. Galvanic skin response increases in certain emotional states and during hot flashes that happen with menopause. Also called electrodermal response and skin conduction.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: electrodermal response, skin conduction

Galvanize - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

To coat a metal (especially iron or steel) with zinc. Galvanization is the process of coating a metal with zinc.

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Browse Related Terms: activated carbon, Adsorbate, Adsorbent, Beaching, clearing, coating, Desorption, Internal erosion, Sinkhole

shows how much time remains in each of the four 12-minute quarters of an NBA game or two 20-minute halves of a college game.
P.J. Harari and Dave Ominsky - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: break, half-court or set offense, keepaway game, over the limit, overtime or OT, period, regulation game, shot clock

Game fish - permalink - collapse

All > Recreation > Fishing

Fish that are fished for as sport and subject to regulations of take.
Idaho Fish and Game - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: baitfish, fingerling, Harvestable-sized fish, IGFA, Nongame, nongame fish, selective harvest, Sporting

game fish or game-fish - permalink - collapse

All > Recreation > Fishing

Species of fish caught for sport that fights hard when hooked. In Arizona, includes trout of all species, bass of all species, catfish of all species, sunfish of all species, northern pike, walleye and yellow perch. Legal game fish are defined in statute. There are more fish sought for sport than are listed as game fish.
AZGFD - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: catfish, pike, warmwater, yellow cat

game master (gm) - permalink - collapse

All > Recreation > Games > World of Warcraft

In-game customer support; answer questions, help out players, a GM is a Blizzard employee.
Stratics - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Cheese, FTL, FTW, gg, GM, Grief, griefing, lamer, Mod, onyxia

Gamete - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

A mature reproductive cell which is capable of fusing with a cell of similar origin but of opposite sex to form a zygote from which a new organism can develop. Gametes normally have a haploid chromosome content. In animals, a gamete is a sperm or egg; in plants, it is pollen, spermatic nucleus, or ovum.
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A haploid sex cell, egg or sperm, that contains a single copy of each chromosome.
Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: amphimixis, gametogenesis, isogamy, life cycle, maturation, Meiosis, meiotic product, zygospore

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Human Genome

Mature male or female reproductive cell (sperm or ovum) with a haploid set of chromosomes (23 for humans).
Human Genome Project - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: diploid, Germ cell, haploid, Pronucleus

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Stem Cell

A reproductive cell (egg or sperm).
The President's Council on Bioethics - Cite This Source - This Definition
An egg (in the female) or sperm (in the male) cell. See also Somatic cell.
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Browse Related Terms: fertilization, Germ cell, Germ cells (or primordial germ cells), Primordial germ cell, Somatic cell, Somatic cells, Somatic stem cells

gamete and embryo storage - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

Storage of ova, sperm or fertilized embryos outside their original source. Almost invariably this means cryopreservation.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: amnion, apomixis, conversion, dissecting microscope, embryo, embryo cloning, embryo splitting, embryo storage, embryo technology, embryogenesis, indirect embryogenesis, monocotyledon, nucellar embryo, parthenogenesis, polyembryony, pro-embryo, sexed embryos, somatic embryo, vivipary

Gametes - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

Eggs or sperm.

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Browse Related Terms: Demersal, fry, Hatchery, Larval fish, Spawn, Young-of-year

gametic (phase) disequilibrium - permalink - collapse

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In relation to any two loci, the occurrence of haplotypes (gametes) at a frequency other than that predicted from the product of the respective allele frequencies. Opposite: gametic (phase) equilibrium.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: gametic (phase) equilibrium, juvenility, linkage disequilibrium, linkage equilibrium, phase change, tautomerism

gametic (phase) equilibrium - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

In relation to any two loci, the occurrence of haplotypes (gametes) at a frequency equal to the product of the frequency of the two relevant alleles . For example, A and B are in gametic equilibrium if the frequency of A_iB_i gametes equals the product of the frequencies of alleles A_i and B_i. Opposite: gametic (phase) disequilibrium.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: gametic (phase) disequilibrium, juvenility, linkage disequilibrium, linkage equilibrium, phase change, tautomerism

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Galvanize - permalink - collapse

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Gambling Stake - permalink - collapse

game clock - permalink - collapse

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game fish or game-fish - permalink - collapse

game master (gm) - permalink - collapse

Gamete - permalink - collapse

gamete and embryo storage - permalink - collapse

Gametes - permalink - collapse

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gametic (phase) equilibrium - permalink - collapse