| Au | Symbol for gold (aurum). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Au antigen | Auberger blood group |
| Aub, Joseph | <person> U.S. Physician, 1890-1973. See: Aub-DuBois table. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aub-DuBois table | Table of basal metabolic rates in calories per square meter of body surface per hour or day for different ages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aubert's phenomenon | A phenomenon in which a bright perpendicular line appears to incline to one side when the observer turns the head to the opposite side in a dark room. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aubert, Hermann | <person> German physiologist, 1826-1892. See: Aubert's phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auchenium | <zoology> The part of the neck nearest the back. Origin: NL, fr. Gr, fr. The neck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Auchmeromyia | A genus of bloodsucking botflies (family Calliphoridae, order Diptera). Origin: G. Auchmeros, without rain, hence unwashed, squalid, + myia, a fly (05 Mar 2000) |
| Auchmeromyia luteola | The Congo floor maggot; the bloodsucking larva of this botfly species is found in Africa south of the Sahara, usually in or near human habitations; the resistant larvae or maggots crawl to sleeping humans and suck blood for 15 to 20 minutes, detach, and hide, repeating these nightly attacks during their developmental period; no disease transmission is known from this insect. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auctorum | Of authors. (09 Jan 1998) |
| auctorum non | Not of authors. (09 Jan 1998) |
| audile | 1. Relating to audition. 2. Denoting the type of mental imagery in which one recalls most readily that which has been heard rather than seen or read. Compare: motile, visile. Synonym: auditive. (05 Mar 2000) |
| audio- | The sense of hearing. Origin: L. Audio, to hear (05 Mar 2000) |
| audioanalgesia | Use of music or sound delivered through earphones to mask pain during dental or surgical procedures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| audiogenic | 1. Caused by sound, especially a loud noise. 2. Sound-producing. Origin: audio-+ G. Genesis, production (05 Mar 2000) |