| aesculapian | Relating to Aesculapius, the art of medicine, or a medical practitioner. Synonym: esculapian. Origin: L. Aesculapius, G. Asklepios, the god of medicine (05 Mar 2000) |
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| aesculapius | The god of medicine. Hence, a physician. Origin: L. Aesculapius, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aesculin | <chemistry> A glucoside obtained from the aesculus hippocastanum, or horse-chestnut, and characterised by its fine blue fluorescent solutions. Alternative forms: aesculin. See: Esculic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aesthesia | <physiology> Perception by the senses; feeling; the opposite of anaesthesia. Origin: Gr. Sensation, fr. To perceive. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aesthesodic | <physiology> Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; said of nerves. Origin: Gr. Sensation + a way; cf. F. Esthesodique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aestho-physiology | <study> The science of sensation in relation to nervous action. Origin: Gr. To perceive + E. Physiology. (04 Mar 1998) |
| aestival | Of or belonging to the summer; as, aestival diseases. [Spelt also estival. Origin: L. Aestivalis, aestivus, fr. Aestas summer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aestivate | 1. To spend the summer. 2. <zoology> To pass the summer in a state of torpor. [Spelt also estivate. Origin: L. Aestivare, aestivatum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aestivation | 1. <zoology> The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; opposed to hibernation. 2. <botany> The arrangement of the petals in a flower bud, as to folding, overlapping, etc.; prefloration. [Spelt also estivation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aestivoautumnal fever | <infectious disease> A tropical parasitic disease caused by one of the genus Plasmodium and carried by infected mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. This parasite uses red blood cells to complete its reproductive cycle. Common symptoms of an attack include high fever, chills, sweats and body aches. (27 Sep 1997) |