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:

will

1. A wish or desire often combined with determination.
2. Something desired; especially, a choice or determination of one having authority or power.
3. The act, process, or experience of willing; volition.
4. The mental powers manifested as wishing, choosing, desiring, or intending.
5. A disposition to act according to principles or ends.
6. Power of controlling one's own actions or emotions.
7. A legal document in which a person declares to whom his or her possessions are to go after death.
8. To dispose of by or as if by a will; bequeath.
9. To determine by an act of choice.
10. Used as an auxiliary verb to express (1) desire, willingness, or in negative constructions refusal, (2) customary or habitual action, (3) simple futurity, (4) capability or sufficiency, (5) determination or willfulness, (6) probability, (7) inevitability, or (8) a command.