| adam's apple | This familiar feature in front of the neck is due to forward protrusion of the largest cartilage of the larynx. It takes its name from the story that a piece of the forbidden fruit stuck in Adam's throat. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| adam | 1. The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race. 2. "Original sin;" human frailty. "And whipped the offending Adam out of him." (Shak) Adam's ale, water. Adam's apple. 1. <botany> The popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Opalski, Adam | <person> Polish physician, 1897-1963. See: Opalski cell. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Thebesius, Adam | <person> German physician, 1686-1732. See: thebesian foramina, thebesian valve, thebesian veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelly, Adam | <person> British otolaryngologist, 1865-1941. See: Paterson-Kelly syndrome, Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apple | 1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. The European crab apple is supposed to be the original kind, from which all others have sprung. 2. <botany> Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit; an apple tree. 3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple. 4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold. Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as, apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding. Apple blight, an aphid which injures apple trees. See Blight, Apple borer, the larva of a small moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) which burrows in the interior of apples. See Codling moth. Dead Sea Apple. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. "To seek the Dead Sea apples of politics." . A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See Gallnut. Origin: OE. Appel, eppel, AS. Aeppel, aepl; akin to Fries. & D. Appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G. Apfel, Icel. Epli, Sw. Aple, Dan. Aeble, Gael. Ubhall, W. Afal, Arm. Aval, Lith. Oblys, Russ. Iabloko; of unknown origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| apple domain | <molecular biology> A consensus sequence, composed of 90 amino acids including 6 cysteines, that forms a characteristic, vaguely apple shaped, pattern via disulphide bridges. Shared by plasma kallikrein and coagulation factor XI, both serine proteases. (18 Nov 1997) |
| apple jelly nodules | Descriptive term for the papular lesions of lupus vulgaris, as they appear on diascopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apple oil | Isoamyl isovalerate;used as a sedative; formerly used in the treatment of gallstones because of its solvent action on cholesterol. Synonym: apple oil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bitter apple | The peeled dried fruit of Citrullus colcynthis (family Cucurbitaceae), an herb of the sandy shores of the Mediterranean, resembling somewhat the watermelon plant; formerly widely used as a cathartic and laxative. Synonym: bitter apple. Origin: G. Kolokynthe, the round gourd or pumpkin (05 Mar 2000) |
| mad-apple | <botany> See Eggplant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| May apple | <botany> The dried seeds and root of the mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) from which several medicinally-useful compounds can be extracted. (09 Oct 1997) |
| May apple root | <botany> A powdered mixture of resins taken from dried seeds and root of the mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum), it is typically used as a topical caustic agent. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sea apple | <botany> The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| oak apple | An excrescence on the oak, Quercus infectoria (family Fagaceae) and other species of Quercus, caused by the deposit of the ova of a fly, Cynips gallae tinctorae; an astringent and styptic, by virtue of the tannin it contains. Synonym: gall, galla, oak apple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| otaheite apple | <botany> The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries. Origin: So named from Otaheite, or Tahiti, one of the Society Islands. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |