| grateful med | A microcomputer-based software package providing a user-friendly interface to the medlars system of the national library of medicine. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| MOD | <abbreviation> Mesiodistocclusal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asia | The largest of the continents. It was known to the romans more specifically as what we know today as asia minor. The name comes from at least two possible sources: from the assyrian asu (to rise) or from the sanskrit usa (dawn), both with reference to its being the land of the rising sun, i.e., eastern as opposed to europe, to the west. (12 Dec 1998) |
| asia, central | The geographical area of asia comprising kazakhstan, kyrgyzstan, tajikistan, turkmenistan, and uzbekistan. The desert region of kara kum (qara qum) is largely in turkmenistan and the desert region of kyzyl kum (kizil kum or qizil qum), is in uzbekistan and kazakhstan. (12 Dec 1998) |
| asia, southeastern | The geographical area of asia comprising borneo, brunei, cambodia, indonesia, laos, malaysia, the mekong valley, myanmar (formerly burma), the philippines, singapore, thailand, and vietnam. (12 Dec 1998) |
| asia, western | The geographical designation for the countries of the middle east and the countries bangladesh, bhutan, india, nepal, pakistan, and sri lanka. (12 Dec 1998) |