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postulate
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postulate /pos·tu·late/ (pos´choo-lāt) anything assumed or taken for granted.
pos·tu·late (psch-lt)
v.
To assume or assert the truth or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument.
n.
An unproved assertion or assumption, especially a statement offered as the basis of a theory.

postu·lation n.

postulate
[pos′chəlāt]
Etymology: L, postulare, to demand
a hypothesis that is offered as true without proof or as a basis for argument or debate.

postulate [pos´tu-lat]
anything assumed or taken for granted.
postulate of causality the postulate that every phenomenon has a cause or causes; i.e., that events do not occur at random but in accordance with physical laws so that in principle causes can be found for each effect.
Koch's p's a statement of the kind of experimental evidence required to establish the causative relation of a given microorganism to a given disease. The conditions are: 1, the microorganism is present in every case of the disease; 2, it is to be cultivated in pure culture; 3, inoculation of such culture must produce the disease in susceptible animals; 4, it must be obtained from such animals, and again grown in a pure culture.

postulate
anything assumed or taken for granted.

Koch's p's


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