| ache | <botany> A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. Origin: F. Ache, L. Apium parsley. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| acheilia | Congenital absence of the lips. Origin: G. A-priv. + cheilos, lip (05 Mar 2000) |
| acheilous | Characterised by or relating to acheilia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acheiria | 1. Congenital absence of one or both hands. 2. Anaesthesia in, with loss of the sense of possession of, one or both hands; a condition sometimes noted in hysteria. 3. A form of dyscheiria in which the patient is unable to tell on which side of the body a stimulus has been applied. Origin: G. A-priv. + cheir, hand (05 Mar 2000) |
| acheirous | Characterised by or relating to acheiria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Achenbach syndrome | <syndrome> Haematoma of the finger pad with accompanying oedema; of unknown cause in the absence of disturbances in blood coagulation mechanisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Achenbach, Walter | <person> 20th century German internist. See: Achenbach syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| achene | <botany> A dry, closed (indehiscent) fruit which contains a single seed. (06 May 1997) |
| achenium | <botany> A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. Alternative forms: akene and achaenium. Origin: Gr. Priv. + to gape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acheron | A river in the Nether World or infernal regions; also, the infernal regions themselves. By some of the English poets it was supposed to be a flaming lake or gulf. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bone ache | A dull pain in the bones, often severe; an extreme variety occurs in dengue. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| stomach ache | Pain in the abdomen, usually arising in the stomach or intestine. Synonym: gastralgia, gastrodynia. (05 Mar 2000) |