Which word means "related to the science of raising laboratory animals whose microfauna and microflora are specifically known in their entirety?"
bioscientific
zoomorphic
gnotobiotic
zoodynamism
What does "anamorphosis" mean?
an evolutionary progression in form by a group of plants or animals
the absence of form or shape (experienced by, e.g., an amoeba)
the artificial alteration of a species' genome
the process of restoring normal respiration to a living being
Which word may be used as an alternative to "enzyme," a protein molecule that speeds up (lit. "loosens completely") chemical reactions of other substances without itself being destroyed or altered?
parablast
ergometer
zootoxin
biocatalyst
Which word indicates a fetus that exhibits a congenital absence of the head (as well as the thorax and upper part of the abdomen)?
antibody
acephalogaster
anacapital
cryptomere
What is an endotoxin?
a bacterial toxin that is located within a cell
a toxic substance secreted externally by a bacterium
any bacterial toxin surrounding an organ or body tissue
a substance that breaks apart and neutralizes a toxin
Which term refers to a congenital maldevelopment of organs that arise from the exterior, distal germ layer of the early embryo?
endodermatitis
exogenesis
enteropathogenesis
ectodermatosis
Which word is used to describe the craniosacral division of the autonomic nervous system, being so called because of how it functions "along the side of" the sympathetic nervous system.
endosympathetic
hyposympathetic
asympathetic
parasympathetic
Which term denotes the movement by which the alimentary canal and other tubular organs propel their contents (literally by a "contracting around" of the muscle fibers).