| amia | <zoology> A genus of fresh water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A kind of tunny. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| PROC | A vitamin K-dependent protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation of a clot. (12 Dec 1998) |