| admaxillary | <anatomy> Near to the maxilla or jawbone. Origin: Pref. Ad- + maxillary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| admaxillary gland | An occasional islet of parotid tissue separate from the mass of the gland, lying anteriorly just above the commencement of the parotid duct. Synonym: glandula parotidea accessoria, admaxillary gland, glandula parotis accessoria, socia parotidis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| admedial | Toward or near the median plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| admedian | Toward or near the median plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adminiculum | That which gives support to a part. Origin: L. A hand-rest, prop, fr. Ad + manus, hand (05 Mar 2000) |
| adminiculum lineae albae | A triangular fibrous expansion, sometimes containing a few muscular fibres, passing from the superior pubic ligament to the posterior surface of the linea alba. (05 Mar 2000) |
| administer | 1. To manage or conduct, as public affairs; to direct or superintend the execution, application, or conduct of; as, to administer the government or the state. "For forms of government let fools contest: Whate'er is best administered is best." (Pope) 2. To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. "[Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs." (Philips) "Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known." (Macaulay) 3. To apply, as medicine or a remedy; to give, as a dose or something beneficial or suitable. Extended to a blow, a reproof, etc. "A noxious drug had been administered to him." (Macaulay) 4. To tender, as an oath. "Swear . . . To keep the oath that we administer." (Shak) 5. To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor. Synonym: To manage, conduct, minister, supply, dispense, give out, distribute, furnish. Origin: OE. Aministren, OF. Aministrer, F. Administer, fr. L. Administrare; ad + ministrare to serve. See Minister. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| administration | 1. The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. "His financial administration was of a piece with his military administration." (Macaulay) 2. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. "A mild and popular administration." (Macaulay) "The administration has been opposed in parliament." (Johnson) 3. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament. 4. The management and disposal, under legal authority, of the estate of an intestate, or of a testator having no competent executor. The management of an estate of a deceased person by an executor, the strictly corresponding term execution not being in use. Administration with the will annexed, administration granted where the testator has appointed no executor, or where his appointment of an executor for any cause has failed, as by death, incompetency, refusal to act, etc. Synonym: Conduct, management, direction, regulation, execution, dispensation, distribution. Origin: OE. Administracioun, L. Administratio: cf. F. Administration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| administration, buccal | Administration of a soluble dosage form between the cheek and gingiva. It may involve direct application of a drug onto the buccal mucosa, as by painting or spraying. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, cutaneous | The application of suitable drug dosage forms to the skin for either local or systemic effects. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, inhalation | The administration of drugs by the respiratory route. It includes insufflation into the respiratory tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, intravaginal | The insertion of drugs into the vagina to treat local infections, neoplasms, or to induce labour. The dosage forms may include medicated pessaries, irrigation fluids, and suppositories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, intravesical | The instillation or other administration of drugs into the bladder, usually to treat local disease, including neoplasms. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, oral | The giving of drugs, chemicals, or other substances by mouth. (12 Dec 1998) |
| administration, rectal | The insertion of drugs into the rectum, usually for confused or incompetent patients, like children, infants, and the very old or comatose. (12 Dec 1998) |