Biography Category
(äg st ´n d d t´ch ) (KEY) , b. 1418, d. after 1481, Florentine sculptor. Agostino worked mainly in other parts of Italy; he carved marble narrat...
( k´´ l ´ s) (KEY) , in Greek mythology, river god; son of Oceanus and Tethys. He possessed the power to appear as a bull, a serpent, or a bullhead...
( k´´t n m ´s n) (KEY) , any one of a group of antibiotics produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. Actinomycin was the first antibiotic rep...
(täm-mäm´ häb b´ ´b n ous) (KEY) , c.805–c.845, Arab poet, compiler of the Hamasa. His poems of valor, often describing historical events, ar...
( k´y p ng´´ch r) (KEY) , technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at spe...
a protein abundantly present in many cells, especially muscle cells, that significantly contributes to the cell’s structure and motility. Actin can ...