Category: M

A kinship system in which family ties and succession are traced through the mother and her female ancestors, patrilineal. To or affecting inheritance from the mothers in a family, but not the fathers.  

In sociology, the control of the family or other groups by the female, patriarchy.  

A strain of organisms in which they cannot reproduce with themselves but are able to reproduce with others of different strains, but within the same species.  

A gradient referring to the practice of a young, attractive woman marrying a better educated, well-established less attractive male.  

Variables expressed quantitatively within functional relationships.  

A sexual variance (also called swinging) that involves the sexual exchange of partners of two or more married couples. In most cases, all of those involved are aware of the swapping activities.  

That branch of medical science concerned with the sources, preparation, properties, and uses of the drugs in preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling diseases, toxicology; pharmacognosy. The study of drugs or dosages as used in treatment. Study of the origins, preparation, uses, and effects of drugs and other substances used therapeutically in medicine. The study of…

A system of values in which goods and their acquisition have special significance.  

That branch of dental studies that deals with medicinal substances used in the practice of dentistry.  

A general term referring to the development of the placenta and other tissues specifically associated with pregnancy.