(Hinduism, Jainism) (The practice of) asceticism and self-discipline.

(organic chemistry) An organic acid obtained from ben oil (from the seeds of the moringa).

(organic chemistry) Any of a series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons differing from the acenes in having a zig-zag structure

(anatomy) One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as par...