Hi, I'm Olivier and I'm in natural sciences in College Lionel-Groulx. I wanted to share some words about biology.
animal
noun
Any of a kingdom of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones that typically differs from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials, in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal.
Example: Monkeys, tigers, and elephants are animals.
fr: animal
antibiotic
noun
A medicine (such as penicillin or its derivatives) that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+antibiotic&safe=active
Example: Humans use antibiotics to cure diseases.
fr: antibiotique
bacteria
noun
A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+bacteria&safe=activeOrganelle processes such as division and antibiotic resistance are then considered.
https://lextutor.ca/cgi-bin/conc/wwwassocwords.pl?SearchType=equals&SearchStr=antibiotic&Corpus=bawe_complete&LineWidth=100&unframed=trueParfit, a neo-Lockean, believes that one can distinguish the person from the human animal.
https://lextutor.ca/cgi-bin/conc/show_context.pl?item=animal&start=5540&this_corp=bawe_complete/biology.txt&gaps=no_gaps&sort_type=right&search_type=equals&unframed=true&lingo=English
Example: There are billions of bacteria in the human body.
fr: bactérie
blood
noun
The red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+blood&safe=active
Example: The blood is composed of red blood cells.
fr: sang
brain
noun
An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+brain&safe=active
Example: We all have a brain.
fr: cerveau
cell
noun
The smallest structural and functional unit of an organism, typically microscopic and consisting of cytoplasm and a nucleus enclosed in a membrane. Microscopic organisms typically consist of a single cell, which is either eukaryotic or prokaryotic. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+cell&safe=active
Example: Cells are microscopic.
fr: cellule
clone
noun
An individual grown from a single somatic cell or cell nucleus and genetically identical to it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clone#:~:text=(Entry%201%20of%202),and%20genetically%20identical%20to%20it
Example: I really would like to have a clone like me.
fr: clone
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
noun
The molecules inside cells that carry genetic information and pass it from one generation to the next. Also, called DNA. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/deoxyribonucleic-acid
Example: DNA is a long polymer made from repeating units called nucleotides...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
fr: acide désoxyribonucléique
enzyme
noun
An enzyme is a chemical substance that is found in living creatures which produces changes in other substances without being changed itself. https://www.britannica.com/science/enzyme
Example: Mitochondria also contain this enzyme which is, again, highly homologous to the bacterial equivalent, however, in mitochondria, it is encoded by nuclear DNA and then must be moved to the mitochondria as previously discussed. https://lextutor.ca/cgi-bin/conc/show_context.pl?item=enzyme&start=31224&this_corp=bawe_complete/biology.txt&gaps=no_gaps&sort_type=right&search_type=equals&unframed=true&lingo=English
fr: enzyme
microscope
A device that uses lenses to make very small objects look larger, so that they can be scientifically examined and studied. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/microscope
Example: They looked at the blood samples under the microscope. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/microscope
fr: microscope
molecule
noun
A group of atoms bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a chemical compound that can take part in a chemical reaction. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+molecule&safe=active
Example: These reactions generate an estimated 28 additional ATP molecules per glucose molecule, outstripping the yield of anaerobic ATP by far. https://lextutor.ca/cgi-bin/conc/show_context.pl?item=molecule&start=14383&this_corp=bawe_complete/biology.txt&gaps=no_gaps&sort_type=right&search_type=equals&unframed=true&lingo=English
fr: molécule
muscle
noun
A band or bundle of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+muscle&safe=active
Example: I have a lot of muscle in my body.
fr: muscle
nature
noun
The phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+nature&safe=active
Example: Nature is all around us.
fr: nature
plant
noun
A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
Water each plant as often as required. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plant#:~:text=A%20plant%20is%20a%20living,plant%20as%20often%20as%20required.&text=When%20someone%20plants%20land%20with,land%20to%20grow%20them%20there.
Example: There are a many species of plants on Earth.
fr: végétal
skeleton
noun
An internal or external framework of bone, cartilage, or other rigid material supporting or containing the body of an animal or plant. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+skeleton&safe=active
Example: Most of the weight gain in middle childhood is due to the increased size of the growing skeleton and muscles (Santrock 1998:178).
fr: squelette
solution
noun
A liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent). https://www.google.com/search?q=define+solution&safe=active
Example: Water and sugar can make a solution
fr: solution
sugar
noun
Any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+sugar&safe=active
Example: Glucose is a sugar.
fr: sucre
theory
noun
A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+theory&safe=active
Example: I have a theory.
fr: théorie
vacuole
noun
A space or vesicle within the cytoplasm of a cell, enclosed by a membrane and typically containing fluid. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+vacuole&safe=active
Example: Plants have big vacuoles.
fr: vacuole
virus
noun
Viruses are microscopic parasites, generally much smaller than bacteria. They lack the capacity to thrive and reproduce outside of a host body. https://www.livescience.com/53272-what-is-a-virus.html
Example: This DNA is assumed to originate from the prokaryotic ancestors via endosymbiosis, yet it is significant that animal cell mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), is approximately 0.005mm in length, which is more comparable to the genome of a standard virus or bacterial plasmid, than it is to bacteria (Tribe et al, 1981).
fr: virus
zoology
noun
The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals. https://www.google.com/search?q=define+zoology&safe=active
