A circular pool used in experiments, usually on rodents, where the animal is supposed to find an invisible or visible platform that allows it to escape the water.

Like, resembling, or befitting a criminal.

As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people.

A vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob (locust beans) and used as a food additive; chemically, it is a galactomannan.