See Also: cultural shock(medicine)
cultural(dictionary)
cultural(dictionary)
cultural anthropology(medicine)
anthropology, cultural(medicine)
Bam and its Cultural Landscape(tourism)
Cultural tourism(tourism)
Hue - Cultural Heritage(tourism)
cultural diversity(medicine)
cross-cultural(dictionary)

centimorgan (iou) and cultural shock (medicine)


centimorgan (iou)



centimorgan noun. M20.
[from centi- (denoting a factor of one hundredth) + MORGAN noun3.]
Genetics. A map unit used to express the distance between two gene loci on a chromosome, where a spacing of one centimorgan indicates a one per cent chance that two genes will be separated by crossing over.

cultural shock (medicine)


cultural shock


A form of stress associated with the beginning of an individual's assimilation into a new culture vastly different from that in which he or she was raised.