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id collapse: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity; a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show your ID in order to get in"

instinct collapse: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

impulse collapse: the act of applying force suddenly; "the impulse knocked him over"

diathesis collapse: constitutional predisposition to a particular disease or abnormality

tropism collapse: an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source

indwelling collapse: existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness"

connate collapse: related in nature; "connate qualities"; of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united; "a connate tomato flower"

intrinsic collapse: situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"; belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

organic collapse: a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter; involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs; "an organic disease"; simple and healthful and close to nature; "an organic lifestyle"; relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis; "hydrocarbons are organic compounds"; being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms; "organic life"; "organic growth"; "organic remains found in rock"; of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones; "organic eggs"; "organic vegetables"; "organic chicken"; of or relating to or derived from living organisms; "organic soil"

fetish collapse: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"; a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"

chromosome collapse: a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

congenital collapse: present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

heredity collapse: the total of inherited attributes; the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

gene collapse: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"

inheritance collapse: hereditary succession to a title or an office or property; any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"; (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents; that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

eugenics collapse: the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)

soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

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