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cell determination (medicine) and acrostic (iou)


cell determination (medicine)


cell determination


The process by which embryonic cells, previously undifferentiated, take on a specific developmental character.

Although the mechanism is not fully understood, homeotic proteins coded for by certain gene sequences (the homeobox) appear to trigger the process. Genes for homeotic proteins show remarkable similarity among species.

See: morphogenesis, induction, evocator.


acrostic (iou)



acrostic noun & adjective. Also acrostich. L16.
[French acrostiche from Greek akrostikhis, formed as ACRO- + stikhos row, line of verse: assim. to -IC.]
A. noun.
A poem or Other composition in which the initial (single acrostic), the initial and final (double acrostic), or the initial, middle, and final (triple acrostic) letters of the lines make words. L16.
b. A word-puzzle so made. L19.
The beginning or end of a verse. E17-M18.
A poem in which the consecutive lines or verses begin with the successive letters of the alphabet. L17.
b. adjective. Of the Nature of or in the form of an acrostic. M17.
acrostical adjective = ACROSTIC adjective M19.
acrostically adverb M19.