Oil slick from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea, September 2009. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.The term is usually applied to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land.il slick from the Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea, September 2009. An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially marine areas, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.
kin - group of people related by blood or marriage. clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe. social group - people sharing some social relation. mishpachah, mishpocha - (Yiddish) the entire family network of relatives by blood or marriage (and sometimes close friends); she invited the whole mishpocha.
DEFINITION OF BRADYKININ AND OTHER KININS M. ROCHA F. SILVA Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, U.S.P., RibeirÃ£o PrÃªto, SÃ£o Paolo, Brazil Kinin-hormones The name kinin suggested by the English authors, might be usefully applied to denote the whole group of pharmacologically active polypeptides acting upon the smooth muscle and producing changes in arterial tension, formed or released from stores in the blood or in tissues.