| alecithal | <biology> Applied to those ova which segment uniformly, and which have little or no food yelk embedded in their protoplasm. Origin: Gr. Priv. + yelk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| alecithal ovum | An ovum in which the yolk is nearly absent, consisting of only a few particles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alecost | <botany> The plant costmary, which was formerly much used for flavoring ale. Origin: Ale + L. Costus an aromatic plant: cf. Costmary. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alectorides | <ornithology> A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A cock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Alectorobius talaje | An insect, commonly found in Mexico and South America, whose bites, like those of the bedbug, may suppurate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alectoromachy | Cockfighting. Origin: Gr. Cock + fight. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alectoromancy | See Alectryomancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alectryomancy | Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Origin: Gr. Cock + -mancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alehoof | Origin: AS. Hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. A corruption: cf. OE. Heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, "in old MSS. Heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue." . Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alembroth | The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Origin: Origin uncertain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alemmal | Denoting a nerve fibre lacking a neurolemma. Origin: G. A-priv. + lemma, husk (05 Mar 2000) |
| alendronate | A nonhormonal medication for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women. This drug builds healthy bone, restoring some of the bone loss as a result of osteoporosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alepidote | <zoology> Not having scales. A fish without scales. Origin: Gr. Priv. +, a scale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Aleppo boil | The lesion occurring in cutaneous leishmaniasis. See: cutaneous leishmaniasis Synonym: Biskra boil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alert | <neurology> Attentive and quick to think or act. (18 Nov 1997) |