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colony /col·o·ny/ (kol´ah-ne) a discrete group of organisms, as a collection of bacteria in a culture.
col·o·ny (kl-n)
n.
A discrete group of organisms, such as a group of cells growing on a solid nutrient surface.

colony
[kol′ənē]
Etymology: L, colonia
1 (in bacteriology) a mass of microorganisms in a culture that originates from a single cell. Some kinds of colonies, according to different configurations, are smooth colonies, rough colonies, and dwarf colonies.
2 (in cell biology) a mass of cells in a culture or in certain experimental tissues, such as a spleen colony.

colony [kol´o-ne]
a discrete group of organisms, as a collection of bacteria in a culture.

colony
a discrete group of organisms, as a single cluster of bacteria in a culture that was produced from a single starting bacterium.

colony-forming units
colonies of pluripotent stem cells located and quantified in the spleen. Colonies grown in vitro interact with erythropoietin to give rise to morphologically identifiable erythroid cells.
colony-stimulating factors
cytokines produced by lymphocytes and mononuclear phagocytes which stimulate the growth and differentiation of hematopoietic cells. Includes granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, monocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.


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the Netherlands) assesses the long run comparative development of income and asset inequality within Latin American countries from the colonial era to the present, focusing on the period between 1870 and 2000.
com While most school children are aware of such historical figures associated with colonial era America's war for independence from England as George Washington, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, it is not commonly known by them that thousand of African-Americans (most of them slaves) also fought in the American Revolution.
In the colonial era media came in the form of local newspapers and printed broadsheet tacked up on bulletin boards and distributed by hand.
 
 
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