The definitions used in this glossary of terminology either have been provided by the authors of the articles, or have been extracted wholly or in part, or paraphrased from the following sources: The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, Charles B. Clayman, MD, Medical Editor, Random House, New York, 1989; Biotechnology from A to Z, 2d Edition, William Bains, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2002; A Dictionary of Genetics, 6th Edition, Robert C. King and William D. Stansfield, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2002; Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 29th and 30th Editions, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 2000, 2003; Genes VII, Benjamin Lewin, Oxford University Press, New York, New York, 2000; The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, Volumes I and II, Stacey L. Blachford, Ed., Thomson Learning, New York, New York, 2002; The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1997; Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3rd Edition, Bruce Alberts, et al., Garland Publishing, 1994; The Random House Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged Edition, 1966; Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1991.

DEFINITION:

waters

1. The liquid that descends as rain and forms rivers, lakes, and seas.

2. A natural mineral water.

3. (Plural) The water occupying or flowing in a particular bed; also, a band of seawater bordering on and under the control of a country.

4. Any of various liquids containing or resembling water; especially, a watery fluid (as tears, urine, or sap) formed or circulating in a living organism.

5. A popular name for amniotic fluid.

6. To supply with or get or take water.

7. To treat so as to give a lustrous appearance in wavy lines.

8. To dilute by or as if by adding water to.

9. To form or secrete water or watery matter.