define gynocentric
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- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gynocentrism refers to a dominant or exclusive focus on women in theory or practice; or to the advocacy of this. Anything can be considered gynocentric when it is concerned exclusively with a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view. 1 History.
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Search Legal Terms and Definitions Search Legal Terms and Definitions. capricious. adv., adj. unpredictable and subject to whim, often used to refer to judges and judicial decisions which do not follow the law, logic or proper trial procedure. A semi-polite way of saying a judge is inconsistent or erratic.
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What is the meaning of the medical symbol with a snake? This is a good question. There are two symbols which are often used in the medical profession to refer to medicine. These are the Caduceus (the winged staff of Hermes entwined with two snakes) and the Rod of Asclepius (A rod with one snake coiled around it in the process of shedding its skin).
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Sheriff Job Description Sheriff's Departments tend to be smaller than Police Departments. Typically, the Sheriff's Department is responsible for enforcing the law on a county rather than city level (unless there is no city police, then it is responsible for city law enforcement as well).
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- Endergonic means absorbing energy in the form of work.. Endergonic  reactions are not spontaneous. An exergonic reaction is a chemical  reaction where the change in the fre … e energy is negative,  indicating a spontaneous reaction.
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- Gynocentrism (Greek, gyno-, woman, female) is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of asserting a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view and placing it at the center of a political, social, family, or gender context, potentially to the detriment of non-females.
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gynecology The medical specialty concerned with diseases of the female genital tract, as well as endocrinology and reproductive physiology of the female. [gyneco- + G. logos, study]. /gy·ne·col·o·gy/ (-kol´ah-je) the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the genital tract in women.
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- west·er·ly (wĕs′tər-lē) adj. 1. Situated toward the west. 2. Coming or being from the west: westerly winds. n. pl. west·er·lies A storm or wind coming from the west. [Middle English, from wester, western, from Old English westra; see wes-pero- in Indo-European roots.] west′er·ly adv.
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- helio- + -centric. 1  calculated from, viewed as from, or belonging to the center of the sun. 2  having or regarding the sun as the center: Copernicus's heliocentric model of the solar system.
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- Define Allocentric. allocentric. Adj. Outwardly focused, interested in others, not egocentric. Allocentric travelers are said to be drawn to adventure travel. See also psychocentric. To find the abbreviation, acronym, or term you’re looking for, use the Search box (below) or click on any letter (above). Become A Home-Based Travel Agent. Join the home-based travel revolution.
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climacteric cli·mac·ter·ic. 1. The period of endocrinal, somatic, and transitory psychological changes occurring in the transition to menopause. 2. A critical period of life. climacteric. 1. the syndrome of endocrine, somatic, and psychic changes occurring at menopause in women.
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panromantic panromantic (comparative more panromantic, superlative most panromantic) (neologism) Romantically attracted to people regardless of sex or gender identity.
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Tropic of Capricorn The Tropic of Capricorn is the dividing line between the Southern Temperate Zone to the south and the tropics to the north. The northern hemisphere equivalent of the Tropic of Capricorn is the Tropic of Cancer.
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- Indifferent gonad: A gonad in an embryo that has not differentiated into a definitive testis or ovary. An indifferent gonad becomes a testis if the embryo has a Y chromosome, but if the embryo has no Y chromosome, the indifferent gonad becomes an ovary.ndifferent gonad: A gonad in an embryo that has not differentiated into a definitive testis or ovary. An indifferent gonad becomes a testis if the embryo has a Y chromosome, but if the embryo has no Y chromosome, the indifferent gonad becomes an ovary.
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tropism a growth response in a nonmotile organism elicited by an external stimulus, and either toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) the stimulus; used as a word element combined with a stem indicating nature of the stimulus (e.g. phototropism) or material or entity for which an organism (or substance) shows a special affinity (e.g. neurotropism).
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growth the growth of part of an organism in such a way that it overlays or surrounds another. — epibolic, adj. galvanotropism. growth or moveinent of an organism in response to an electric current. — galvanotropic, adj. histogenesis, histogeny. the growth of organic tissues. — histogenic, histogenetic, adj.
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Might makes right From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kratocracy, (from the Greek κρατερός krateros, meaning strong), is, according to Montague, government by those who are strong enough to seize power through force or cunning. The term was used by Kropotkin in Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, but is now rarely seen.
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- Acromegaly is a hormonal disorder that results from too much growth hormone (GH) in the body. The pituitary, a small gland in the brain, makes GH. In acromegaly, the pituitary produces excessive amounts of GH. Usually the excess GH comes from benign, or noncancerous, tumors on the pituitary.
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acinous gland endocrine g's see endocrine glands. exocrine g's glands that discharge their secretions through ducts opening on internal or external surfaces of the body; see gland. fundic g's (fundus g's) numerous tubular glands in the mucosa of the fundus and body of the stomach that contain the cells that produce acid and pepsin.
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- Any time you are near a mid-latitude cyclone you are in a baroclinic environment. Part of the word baroclinic is clinic. If the atmosphere is out of balance, it is baroclinic, just as if a person felt out of balance they would need to go to a clinic. You may run across the term quasi-barotropic- This means the fronts in the region are existent but weak. Often weak cool fronts will move into the southeast U.S. in Summer.
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Panromantic vs Polyromantic - question for those who love discussions on terminology Panromantic (also omniromantic): romantic attraction towards person(s) of any gender or lack of gender, including persons of nonbinary gender – the romantic aspect of pansexuality. Polyromantic: romantic attraction towards multiple, but not all, genders and gender identities – the romantic aspect of polysexuality.
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- Exergonic means to release energy in the form of work. Its etymology stems from the suffix-ergonic, as derived from the Greek root ergon, meaning work, combined with the Greek prefix ex-, meaning out of.
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Neurenteric (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the neuron and the enteron; as, the neurenteric canal, which, in embroys of many vertebrates, connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine. See Illust. of Ectoderm.
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- English[edit] gyno +‎ -centric. gynocentric ‎(comparative more gynocentric, superlative most gynocentric) Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting gynocentrism; focused on females.
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median Adj. 1. centric-having or situated at or near a center. centrical. central-in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; a central position. 1  Facebook. 2  Twitter.
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Gynoecium The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of (one or more) pistils in a flower and is typically surrounded by the pollen-producing reproductive organs, the stamens, collectively called the androecium.