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Strategic HR: The process of taking a long-term approach to Human Resource Management through the development and implementation of HR programs that address and solve business problems and directly contri . . . View Full Definition

Schizophrenia: (skiz-o-fre-ne-ah) A common type of psychosis characterized by hallucinations and/or delusions, personality changes, withdrawal, and serious thought and speech disturbances.

Saturation (Chroma Or Chrominance): In terms of television's image quality, the level of a color's purity (or how much or little grayness is mixed with the color).

Rheumatoid Arthritis: A crippling form of arthritis that begins with infiammation and thickening of the synovial membrane, followed by bone degeneration and disfigurement.

Sequential Hermaphrodite: An individual that sequentially produces male and then female gametes or vice versa

Sex Chromosome: The x or y chromosome in human beings that determines the sex of an individual. Females have two x chromosomes in diploid cells: males have an x and a y chromosome. The sex chromosomes compr . . . View Full Definition

Shrink Fit: A class of fit made when the outer member is expanded by heating to fit over a shaft and then contracts or shrinks tightly to the shaft when cooled.

Shiitake Mushroom (Lentinus edodes): Helps Immune system.

Sex Chromosomes: The chromosomes that determine the sex of an organism. In humans, females have two X chromosomes, and males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Chromosome that determines the gender . . . View Full Definition

Reverse Bohr Effect: Effect that occurs when lactate builds up in the blood of certain invertebrates and ph decreases, increasing the affinity of hemocyanin for oxygen