Well-adjusted human: Any plans for tonight? Me: Yes actually, I plan to eat lentil soup & critique the grammar in 1960s gerontology papers!

Neoblast: a large, undifferentiated cell of annelid worms that participate in regeneration of lost parts.

Oligotrophy: nutrient-poor condition. Eutrophy: condition of being nutrient rich.

Elaiosome: shiny, oil-containing, ant-attracting tissue on the seed coats of many plants.

Leaching: dissolving and washing of nutrients out of soil, litter, and organic matter.

Lotic: pertaining to flowing water.

Photoinhibition: the slowing or stopping of a plant process by light.

Ion: an atom that is electrically charged as a result of a loss of one or more electrons or a gain of electrons.

Gene flow: exchange of genetic material between populations.

Bioluminescence: production of light by living organisms.

Febrile: having or showing the symptoms of a fever.

Hate the term hypermethylated. Sounds like should mean really really methylated but usually means just more in condition X than condition Y.

Involution: the shrinkage of an organ in old age or when inactive, e.g., of the uterus after childbirth.

I actually just checked how to spell 'pfft' and was a little surprised by the wealth of results.

Wizened: shriveled or wrinkled with age.

Some past & future definitions are from the glossary of the 2012 book: Janeway's Immunobiology, 8th edition.

Good job Edith, I don't think I've ever heard the word 'nyctinasty' before. (Definition in image.) x.com/MacN_ESPN/stat…

Temitope: a common Nigerian name that reminds me of the scientific term 'epitope'.

Squelching:the inhibition of the activity of a transcription factor by another transcription factor that competes with it for binding to DNA

Catalyst: a substance that promotes a chemical reaction without itself undergoing permanent change.