| Aeby's muscle | <anatomy> The "sucking muscle," a labial muscle formed by sagittal fibres running from the skin to the mucous membrane. Synonym: Aeby's muscle, Bovero's muscle, compressor muscle of lips, Klein's muscle, Krause's muscle, mucocutaneous muscle, musculus cutaneomucosus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Aeby's plane | In craniometry, a plane perpendicular to the median plane of the cranium, cutting the nasion and the basion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aeby, Christopher T | <person> Swiss anatomist, 1835-1885. See: Aeby's muscle, Aeby's plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aecidium | Origin: NL, dim. Of Gr. Injury. <botany> A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aedes | A genus of mosquitoes (culicidae) frequently found in tropical and subtropical regions. Yellow fever and dengue are two of the diseases that can be transmitted by species of this genus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Aedes aegypti | The yellow fever mosquito, a species that is also the vector of the pathogen of dengue; characterised by white lyre-shaped markings on the thorax. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes albopictus | A species that is an important vector of dengue viruses widespread in the Pacific basin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes caballus | A species that is an important vector of Rift Valley fever in South Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes leucocelaenus | A species that transmits yellow fever in South America. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes polynesiensis | A species that is an important vector of filariasis and dengue in the Polynesian region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes scapularis | A species that is a vector of myxomatosis of rabbits. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes sollicitans | A common salt-marsh mosquito species and vector of eastern equine encephalomyelitis on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aedes variegatus | A species that is a vector of filarial parasites in the Pacific Islands (Gilbert and Ellice group). (05 Mar 2000) |
| aegilops | 1. <medicine> An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye. 2. <botany> The great wild-oat grass or other cornfield weed. A genus of plants, called also hardgrass. Origin: L. Aegilopis, Gr, fr, gen, goat + eye. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aegis | A shield or protective armor; applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also A shield; a protection. Origin: L. Aegis, fr. Gr. A goat skin, a shield, goat, or fr. To rush. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |