Category: K
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Keep America beautiful, INC
One of the chief voluntary organizations for the prevention of littering.
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Kcal
An abbreviation for kilocalorie.
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Karyolymph
The ground substance of a cell nucleus. Clear fluid of the cell nucleus in which the nucleolus, chromatin, and other structures are dispersed.
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Kaplan’s sex therapy method
A blend of psychodynamic and behavioral techniques. Developed by Helen Kaplan at Cornell University Medical Center.
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Kamasutra
An ancient manual originally developed in India, depicting sex techniques.
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Kallmann’s syndrome
A disorder that occurs in males at puberty where the hypothalamus fails to signal for the release of male hormone, thus preventing the development of adult secondary sex characteristics. A disorder where patients have anosmia (loss of the sense of smell) and hypogonadism. A disorder whose hallmarks are congenital absence of the sense of smell…
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Kief
Concentrated resin glands that have been separated from the plant using dry, solvent-free methods. Arabic for marijuana in dried resin form, kif.
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Kidney-shaped leaf
A leaf with a rounded outline, with the stalk in a notch between two rounded basal lobes.
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Kew
Village in Richmond, United Kingdom, where the Royal Botanic Gardens are situated, where the authors of this book work and where many of the photographs in this book were taken.
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Kneeling stem
Lower part of a plant stem lying against ground while the top of the stem is growing upward. Also called reclining stem.