Glossary of Terms

The following terms are found throughout the August 2002 issue of COLUMNS - Mold. The definitions are from the 1995 edition of Mirriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary unless otherwise stated.

agar: 1. a gelatinous colloidal extractive of a red alga (as of the genera Gelidium, Gracilaria, and Eucheuma) used esp. in culture media or as a gelling and stabilizing agent in foods 2. a culture medium containing agar

alveolar: of, relating to, resembling, or having alveoli, esp. of, relating to, or constituting the part of the jaws where the teeth arise, the air-containing cells of the lungs, or glands with …