Fecundation
41The Virgin — Virgin Vir gin, n. [L. virgo, inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.] 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] Wyclif.… …
42Virgin — Vir gin, n. [L. virgo, inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.] 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] Wyclif. [1913… …
43Virgin's bower — Virgin Vir gin, n. [L. virgo, inis: cf. OF. virgine, virgene, virge, vierge, F. vierge.] 1. A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid. [1913 Webster] 2. A person of the male sex who has not known sexual indulgence. [Archaic] Wyclif.… …
44Ypsiliform — Yp*sil i*form, a. [Gr. ? ? the name of the letter ? + form.] (Biol.) Resembling the ? in appearance; said of the germinal spot in the ripe egg at one of the stages of fecundation. [1913 Webster] …
45fecundate — transitive verb ( dated; dating) Etymology: Latin fecundatus, past participle of fecundare, from fecundus Date: circa 1631 1. to make fecund 2. impregnate • fecundation noun …
46fertilization — noun Date: circa 1787 an act or process of making fertile: as a. the application of fertilizer b. (1) an act or process of fecundation, insemination, or pollination not used technically (2) the process of union of two gametes whereby the somatic… …
47Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… …
48Henri Bergson — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Portrait of Henri Bergson by J.E. Blanche 1891 name = Henri Louis Bergson birth = 1859 October 18 (Paris, France) death = 1941 January 4 …
49Omphalos — For other uses, see Omphalos (disambiguation). An omphalos (ομφαλος) is an ancient religious stone artifact, or baetylus. In Greek, the word omphalos means navel (compare the name of Queen Omphale). According to the ancient Greeks, Zeus sent out… …
50Fertilisation — This article is about fertilisation in animals and plants. For fertilisation in humans specifically, see Human fertilization. For Soil improvement, see Fertiliser. Conceive redirects here. For the health magazine, see Conceive magazine. For… …
