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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

cognition, knowledge, noesis go
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

content, cognitive content, mental object go
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain go
the content of a particular field of knowledge

study, discipline, field, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, bailiwick go
a branch of knowledge

science, scientific discipline go
a particular branch of scientific knowledge

natural science go
the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena

life science, bioscience go
any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms

biology, biological science go
the science that studies living organisms

genetics, genetic science
the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms

noun.cognition

5 Subcategories

cytogenetics go
the branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes)
genomics go
the branch of genetics that studies organisms in terms of their genomes (their full DNA sequences)
proteomics go
the branch of genetics that studies the full set of proteins encoded by a genome
molecular genetics go
the branch of genetics concerned with the structure and activity of genetic material at the molecular level
pharmacogenetics go
the branch of genetics that studies the genetically determined variations in responses to drugs in humans or laboratory organisms