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LIFE SCIENCES

"LIFE SCIENCES" is a plural of: life science.

Specialty Definition: LIFE SCIENCES

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	The field of scientific disciplines encompassing biology, physiology, psychology, medicine, sociology, and other related areas. (references)
Statistics	One of the 25 fields of education in the ISCED which includes the following educational programmes/subject groups:biology, botany, bacteriology, toxicology, microbiology, zoology, entomology, ornithology, genetics, biochemistry, biophysics, other allied sciences, excluding clinical and veterinary sciences. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: LIFE SCIENCES

Specialty definitions using "LIFE SCIENCES": Ames Research Center ♦ Kennedy Space Center. (references)

Commercial Usage: LIFE SCIENCES

Domain	Title
References	Huntingdon Life Sciences Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Phoenix International Life Sciences Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Tepnel Life Sciences Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Wockhardt Life Sciences Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Plant Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses in Agriculture: Role of Genetic Engineering (NATO Science Series: Series A: Life Sciences) (reference) Periodicals Scanned and Abstracted Life Sciences Collection (reference) Human Achondroplasia: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Basic Life Sciences, Vol 48) (reference) Biology of Adventitious Root Formation (Basic Life Sciences, Vol 62) (reference) 21ST Century Complete Guide to Space Medicine, Space Life Sciences, and Aerospace Biomedicine - Effects of Weightlessness, Human Health Countermeasures, Results of NASA Skylab, Spacelab, EDO Shuttle Experiments, Advanced Life Support for Mars Exploration (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Journal Of Chromatography B : Analytical Technologies In Biomedical & Life Sciences (reference) Cc Reference Edition: Life Sciences - 1200 Series With Abstracts - Cd-Rom Macintosh (reference) Current Contents: Life Sciences Comes With Weekly Subject Index (reference) Current Contents : Life Sciences - Cd-Rom - Annual Cumulation (reference) Asia Life Sciences (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: LIFE SCIENCES

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		NIDCD, along with other Institutes at the National Institutes of Health, joined the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for Neurolab, a research mission dedicated to the study of life sciences. (references)
Business		The Life Sciences Division, NSC, the Industrial Technology Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), and Department of Health (DOH) will jointly carry out the program and apportion the budget. (references)
		The International Culture Park City Project will create a new city that will include cultural, academic and R&D facilities for life sciences and biochemistry, to be completed in the early 21st century. (references)
Economic History	India	RPG Life Sciences (that markets Searle's pharmaceutical products) is establishing a new life sciences business. (references)
	Israel	Israel has the highest rate of scientists per capita globally (1/200 people), and 39% of its scientists specialize in life sciences. (references)
	Finland	High-level research and know how in the life sciences, advanced infrastructure, improved risk financing, and a relatively positive public attitude together provide a solid basis for development of Finland's biotech industry. (references)
Political Economy	SINGAPORE	The government seeks to upgrade Singapore into what it terms a knowledge-based economy, with a particular focus on the logistics, electronics and info-technology, chemicals, life sciences, bio-medical, and healthcare sectors. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage in Company Names: LIFE SCIENCES

Country	Name	Country	Name
Canada	Phoenix International Life Sciences Inc.	India	Wockhardt Life Sciences Limited
United Kingdom	Huntingdon Life Sciences Group Plc
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Modern Translation: LIFE SCIENCES

Language		Translations for "LIFE SCIENCES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		biovidenskaber, biologiske studier. (various references)

Dutch		levenswetenschappen. (various references)

French		sciences de la vie. (various references)

German		Umweltwissenschaften. (various references)

Italian		scienze naturali (natural science). (various references)

Pig Latin		ifelay iencesscay

Spanish		ciencias de la vida. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: LIFE SCIENCES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-f-i-i-l-n-s-s"
	-3 letters: fenceless, licencees, licensees.
	-4 letters: cicelies, licencee, licences, licensee, licenses, sciences, silences.
	-5 letters: cilices, clinics, enisles, ensiles, essence, feeless, felines, finesse, finises, finless, fissile, fleeces, flenses, iceless, icicles, iciness, incises, licence, license, science, selenic, seniles, silence.
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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction

5. Names: Company Usage
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography

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