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Descriptive of organisms that grow at medium range temperatures, esp. microorganisms. Describing organisms, especially bacteria, that grow best at temperatures of about 20-45°C. Compare psychrophilic, thermophilic.  

The duct system within the male embryo that gives rise to several internal reproductive structures.  

An unstable nuclear particle that has a mass between that of an electron and a proton.  

A group of dopamine-containing neurons that have their cell bodies in the midbrain and their terminals in the forebrain; the plays an important role in the effect of antipsychotic medications.  

The middle tissue developed in the gastrula stage of the embryo lying between the ectoderm and the endoderm. The middle layer of an embryo, which develops into muscles, bones, blood, kidneys, cartilages, urinary ducts and the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems. In the embryo, middle germ cell layer from which muscle, bone, cartilage, blood, vascular and…

The first term referring to hypnosis, after Anton Mesmer.  

Marijuana from Central or South America.  

A membrane to invest and suspend internal organs. A double layer peritoneum which attaches the small intestine and other abdominal organs to the abdominal wall. Fold of peritoneum that holds abdominal organs (e.g., stomach, parts of the small intestine, spleen) to the posterior wall of the abdomen. A supporting membrane that attaches various internal organs…

The midbrain, cerebrum. The small section of brain stem excluding the pons and medulla linking the hindbrain to the forebrain. The midbrain; one of three primitive cerebral vesicles from which develop the corpora quadrigemina, the crura cerebri, and the aqueduct of Sylvius.  

A partial zygote produced by a partial genetic exchange in bacteria. A bacterial mechanism of gene transfer in which part of the genome, or chromosome complement, is transferred into an intact recipient cell.