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What is brain roughage?

Brain roughage is information fed to the brain to chew on and digest, in digestible chunks. It is a term lifted from gastronomic language to liken the brain to the stomach, and is of very recent origin. Roughage is ingested to help in food digestion, and is considered good for the system, similarly brain roughage. Other such terms are information …

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What is biomagnification?

Biomagnification, also known as bioamplification or biological magnification, is the increase in concentration of a substance, such as the pesticide DDT, that occurs in a food chain as a consequence of: • Persistence ( Can’t be broken down by environmental processes) • Food chain energetics • Low (or nonexistent) rate of internal degradation/excretion of the substance (often due to water-insolubility) …

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What is a kissing ulcer?

A kissing ulcer is a pair of ulcers caused by an infectious agent that developed when a primary ulcer caused a secondary ulcer by spreading the infectious agent by contacting the contralateral side of the same anatomical structure. For example a chancroid ulcer on the left labium may infest the contralateral right labium through contact and cause a corresponding ulcer. …

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What is a baker’s dozen and how did the phrase originate?

Baker’s dozen means 13, instead of 12. The tale behind its origin is that a medieval law specified the weight of bread loaves, and any baker who supplied less to a customer was in for dire punishment. So bakers would include a thirteenth loaf with each dozen just to be safe. It is said that during good harvests, bakers sold …

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