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An extensible language, the core of PARSEC.
["The Design of a Minimal Expandable Computer Language", J.R. Bell, PhD Thesis, CS, Stanford University (Dec 1968)].
(03 Feb 2009)
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| Proteus | medical dictionary |
1. <bacteria>
<microbiology> Genus of highly motile gram-negative bacteria. They are found largely in soil but are also found in the intestine of humans. They are opportunistic pathogens, Proteus mirabilis is a major cause of urinary tract infections.
2. <zoology> An urodele amphibian. It is a cave dweller and is blind, has external gills and lacks any pigment.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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