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bocconia (iou) and crisis period (medicine)


bocconia (iou)



bocconia noun. E19.
[mod. Latin, from Paolo Boccone (1633-1704), Sicilian botanist: see -IA1.]
A plant or shrub of the genus Bocconia, of the poppy family, or one formerly included in this genus; esp. Macleaya cordata, which bears cream-coloured flowers.

crisis period (medicine)


crisis period


A situation in which most of the secondary cells in a culture die off, even though conditions exist which should normally be favorable for their growth.