relative location of the sections of the body or an organ described through constrastic or opposite body direction terms ex. cephalic vs caudal Ventral front or belly side of the body or organ
A metal (from Greek Î¼Î­ÏÎ±Î»Î»Î¿Î½ metallon, mÃ©tallon, mine, quarry) metal is a (material an, element, compound or) alloy that is typically, hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal. conductivity
metalloid. Noun. (plural metalloids). ( 1 chemistry) An element, such as silicon or germanium, intermediate in properties between that of a metal and a nonmetal; especially one that exhibits the external characteristics of a metal, but behaves chemically more as a nonmetal.