purification rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed in an attempt to reestablish lost purity or to create a higher degree of purity in relation to the sacred (the transcendental realm) or the social and cultural realm … Universalium
Water purification — This article is about large scale, municipal water purification. For portable/emergency water purification, see portable water purification. For industrial water purification, see deionized water. For distilled water, see distilled water. Water… … Wikipedia
Protein purification — is a series of processes intended to isolate a single type of protein from a complex mixture. Protein purification is vital for the characterisation of the function, structure and interactions of the protein of interest. The starting material is… … Wikipedia
Portable water purification — devices – also known as point of use (POU) water treatment systems and field water disinfection techniques – are self contained units that can be used by recreational enthusiasts, military personnel, survivalists, and others who must… … Wikipedia
Unión Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc. — Unión Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas, Inc. is a religious organization with about a thousand affiliated local centers (churches) with more than a million members and believers in the Philippines. Fact|date=January 2008 There are also… … Wikipedia
Opium — For other uses, see Opium (disambiguation). Opium Opium poppy fruit exuding latex from a cut Botanical Opium Source plant(s) Papaver somnifer … Wikipedia
DEAD SEA SECT — (also called Qumran Sect or Qumran Community). The name refers strictly to a Jewish community which lived in the Second Temple period and which adopted a strict and separatist way of life. It is so called because the main source of knowledge… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
snakebite — /snayk buyt /, n. 1. the bite of a snake, esp. of one that is venomous. 2. the resulting painful, toxic condition. [1830 40; SNAKE + BITE] * * * Wound from the bite of a snake, especially a venomous one. Nonvenomous snakes leave skin tears that… … Universalium
insulin — A polypeptide hormone, secreted by beta cells in the islets of Langerhans, that promotes glucose utilization, protein synthesis, and the formation and storage of neutral lipids; available in a variety of preparations including genetically… … Medical dictionary
Reinigunsgrad — valymo laipsnis statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Kenksmingųjų medžiagų pašalinimo iš užterštos aplinkos laipsnis. atitikmenys: angl. degree of purification vok. Reinigunsgrad, m rus. степень очистки, f … Ekologijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas