Assimilation, Physiological

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• Physiological Assimilation —     Physiological Assimilation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Physiological Assimilation     In this sense the word may be defined as that vital function by which an organism changes nutrient material into living protoplasm.     Most modern… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Assimilation (linguistics) — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis …   Wikipedia

• assimilation —    The term assimilation comes from the Latin verb assimilare, which means to equalize. It was used by the German father of psychology Wilhelm Wundt (1832 1920) to denote the physiological process that enables the mind to fill in any blanks and… …   Dictionary of Hallucinations

• Sulfur assimilation — Sulfate reduction and assimilation in plants (APS, adenosine 5 phosphosulfate; Fdred, Fdox, reduced and oxidized ferredoxin; RSH, RSSR, reduced and oxidized glutathione)|right|325pxSulfur is an essential element for growth and physiological… …   Wikipedia

• Psychological Assimilation —     Psychological Assimilation     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Psychological Assimilation     As applied to a mental process, assimilation derives all its force and meaning from the analogy which many educationists have found to exist between the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• biosphere — biospheric /buy euh sfer ik/, adj. /buy euh sfear /, n. 1. the part of the earth s crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life. 2. the ecosystem comprising the entire earth and the living organisms that inhabit it. [1895 1900; < G Biosphäre; …   Universalium

• photosynthesis — photosynthetic /foh teuh sin thet ik/, adj. photosynthetically, adv. /foh teuh sin theuh sis/, n. Biol., Biochem. (esp. in plants) the synthesis of complex organic materials, esp. carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic salts,… …   Universalium

• Insulin — This article is about the insulin protein. For uses of insulin in treating diabetes, see insulin therapy. Not to be confused with inulin. Insulin Computer generated image of six insulin molecules assembled in a hexamer, highlighting the threefold …   Wikipedia

• Alcoholism — • The term is understood to include all the changes that may occur in the human organism after the ingestion of any form of alcohol Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Alcoholism     Alcoholism …   Catholic encyclopedia

• linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …   Universalium