CToad7 ALT's definitions

civic-minded

(alternative form: civicminded)

Tending to do things that help your city or town and the people who live there.

"Town officials are hoping that some civic-minded person will volunteer to organize the parade."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

makwerekwere

(alternative forms: amakwerekwere and kwerekwere)

A term used by black people to refer to foreign Africans.

""Makwerekwere" is a slur that is mostly used in South Africa."

by CToad7 ALT March 16, 2023

amino acid

(plural: amino acids)

1. Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.

2. Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom, and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.

For definition 1: "Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups."

For definition 2: "These amino acids are the building blocks of protein."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

Turkmenistan

A country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west. Ashgabat is the country's capital and also its largest city. The population is about 6 million, the lowest of the Central Asian republics, and Turkmenistan is one of the most sparsely populated nations in Asia. It's also one of the least explored countries in the world. It declared its independence on the 27th of October, 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

"Turkmenistan recently delayed the start of China's exports of natural gas to date."

by CToad7 ALT March 15, 2023

megakaryocyte

(plural: megakaryocytes)

An abnormally large bone marrow cell, with a lobulated nucleus, that produces platelets through the fragmentation of its cytoplasm.

"Megakaryocyte capacitances were in the range of 64-694 pF, equivalent to 500-5500 platelets."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

ne'er-do-weel

(plural: ne'er-do-weels)

Alternative form of ne'er-do-well.

"She was abandoned by her ne'er-do-weel father."

by CToad7 ALT March 13, 2023

stereoelectroencephalography

(plural: stereoelectroencephalographies)

The practice of recording electroencephalographic signals via depth electrodes (electrodes surgically implanted into the brain tissue).

"Stereoelectroencephalography may be used in patients with epilepsy not responding to medical treatment, and who are potential candidates to receive brain surgery in order to control seizures."

by CToad7 ALT March 17, 2023