| anathema | Origin: L. Anathma, fr. Gr. Anything devoted, esp. To evil, a curse; also L. Anathma, fr. Gr. A votive offering; all fr. To set up as a votive gift, dedicate; up + to set. See Thesis. 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. "[They] denounce anathem as against unbelievers." (Priestley) 2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. "Finally she fled to London followed by the anathem as of both [families]" (Thackeray) 3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. "The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . Says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself." (Locke) Anathema Maranatha (see), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, "Our Lord cometh." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anatid herpesvirus 1 | A virus causing duck plague in ducks, geese, swans, and other waterfowl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatifa | Origin: NL, contr. Fr. Anatifera. See Anatiferous. <zoology> An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia. The term Anatifae, in the plural, is often used for the whole group of pedunculated cirripeds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anatifer | <zoology> Same as Anatifa. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anatiferous | <zoology> Producing ducks; applied to Anatifae, under the absurd notion of their turning into ducks or geese. See Barnacle. Origin: L. Anas, anatis, a duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anatine | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the ducks; ducklike. Origin: L. Anatinus, fr. Anas, anatis, a duck. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anatomic teeth | Artificial teeth that duplicate the anatomic forms of natural teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical | <anatomy> Pertaining to anatomy or to the structure of the organism. (18 Nov 1997) |
| anatomical age | The age in terms of structure rather than of function or of passage of time. Synonym: physical age. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical airway | The volume of the conducting airways from the external environment (at the nose and mouth) down to the level at which inspired gas exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with pulmonary capillary blood; formerly presumed to extend down to the beginning of alveolar epithelium in the respiratory bronchioles, but more recent evidence indicates that effective gas exchange extends some distance up the thicker-walled conducting airways because of rapid longitudinal mixing. Compare: alveolar dead space, physiologic dead space. Synonym: anatomical airway. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical crown | The portion of a tooth covered with enamel. Synonym: corona dentis, anatomical crown. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical dead space | The volume of the conducting airways from the external environment (at the nose and mouth) down to the level at which inspired gas exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide with pulmonary capillary blood; formerly presumed to extend down to the beginning of alveolar epithelium in the respiratory bronchioles, but more recent evidence indicates that effective gas exchange extends some distance up the thicker-walled conducting airways because of rapid longitudinal mixing. Compare: alveolar dead space, physiologic dead space. Synonym: anatomical airway. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical element | Any anatomical unit, such as a cell. Synonym: morphologic element. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical neck of humerus | A groove separating the head of the humerus from the tuberosities, giving attachment to the articular capsule. Synonym: collum anatomicum humeri. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anatomical pathology | The subspecialty of pathology that pertains to the gross and microscopic study of organs and tissues removed for biopsy or during postmortem examination, and also the interpretation of the results of such study. Synonym: pathological anatomy. (05 Mar 2000) |