Glosario de términos relacionados con las Ciencias Agropecuarias
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A horizonnoun topsoil. horizon | |
abattoirnoun a place where animals are slaughtered and prepared for sale to the public as meat | |
abdomennoun a space in the body situated below or behind the diaphragm and above or in front of the pelvis, containing the stomach, intestines, liver and other vital organs | |
abioticadjective not relating to a living organism. abiotic factors
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abiotic stressnoun stress caused by environmental factors such as drought or extreme heat or cold, not by biological factors | |
abiotic stress resistancenoun resistance in organisms to stress arising from non-biological causes such as drought | |
abomasal ulcernoun a disease common in both calves and adult cattle. Calves show poor growth and lose appetite. In rare cases, cows may bleed to death | |
abomasumnoun the fourth stomach of a ruminant. omasum, reticulum, rumen | |
abortverb 1. to stop a process or the development of something before it is finished, or to stop developing. The flowers abort and drop off in hot, dry conditions, with no fruit developing. 2. to end a pregnancy in an animal and prevent the birth of young 3. to give birth before the usual end of a pregnancy (technical) | |