Gandhi had a straightforward concern for animals. Nonviolence includes nonviolence towards animalsâthe devotee of ahimsa (or nonviolence) âshuns to the best of his ability the destruction of the tiniest creature.â He was a lacto-vegetarian, consuming goatâs milk, but resolutely avoided meat.
You should now know that -centesis means surgical puncture to remove fluid and is used in the term 'amniocentesis'. '-desis' is a suffix meaning surgical binding or surgical fixation, and it is used in the term arthrodesis. The other suffix that can also mean surgical fixation is '-pexy'.
muÂ·tate (myoÍoâ²tÄt, myoÍo-tÄtâ²) intr. & tr.v. muÂ·tatÂ·ed, muÂ·tatÂ·ing, muÂ·tates To undergo or cause to undergo mutation. [Latin mÅ«tÄre, mÅ«tÄt-, to change; see mei- in Indo-European roots.] muâ²taâ²tive (-tÄâ²tÄ­v, -tÉ-tÄ­v) adj. muâ²taâ²tor n. muâ¢tate (Ëmyu teÉªt) v. -tatâ¢ed, -tatâ¢ing. v.i. 1. to undergo mutation.