| accoucheur's hand | Position of the hand in tetany or in muscular dystrophy; the fingers are flexed at the metacarpophalangeal joints and extended at the phalangeal joints, with the thumb flexed and adducted into the palm; in resemblance to the position of the physician's hand in making a vaginal examination. Synonym: main d'accoucheur, obstetrical hand. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| accoucheuse | French for a female obstetrician or midwife. (12 Dec 1998) |
| account books | Books in which personal or commercial accounts of financial transactions are recorded. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounting | System of recording financial transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accounts payable and receivable | Short-term debt obligations and assets occurring in the regular course of operational transactions. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accredit | 1. To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction. "His censure will . . . Accredit his praises." (Cowper) "These reasons . . . Which accredit and fortify mine opinion." (Shelton) 2. To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorise, as a messenger or delegate. "Beton . . . Was accredited to the Court of France." (Froude) 3. To believe; to credit; to put trust in. "The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century." (Sir G. C. Lewis) "He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft." (Southey) 4. To credit; to vouch for or consider (some one) as doing something, or (something) as belonging to some one. To accredit (one) with (something), to attribute something to him; as, Mr. Clay was accredited with these views; they accredit him with a wise saying. Origin: F. Accrediter; a (L. Ad) + credit credit. See Credit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accreditation | Certification as complying with a standard set by non-governmental organizations, applied for by institutions, programs, and facilities on a voluntary basis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accrementitial | <physiology> Pertaining to accremention. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accrementition | <physiology> The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds. See: Accresce, Increment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accrescent | <plant biology> Increasing in size with age, as the calyx of some plants after flowering. (15 Jan 1998) |
| accrete | 1. Characterised by accretion; made up; as, accrete matter. 2. <botany> Grown together. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accretio cordis | Adhesion of the pericardium to adjacent extracardiac structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accretion | 1. Increase by addition to the periphery of material of the same nature as that already present; e.g., the manner of growth of crystals. Synonym: accrementition. 2. In dentistry, foreign material (usually plaque or calculus) collecting on the surface of a tooth or in a cavity. 3. A growing together. Origin: L. Accretio, fr. Ad, to, + crescere, to grow (05 Mar 2000) |
| accretion lines | Line's seen in microscopic sections of the enamel, marking successive layers of added material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accretionary growth | Growth by an increase of intercellular material. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acculturation |
Rapid diffusion of cultural items either by choice of the receiving society or by force from a more dominant society.
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The changes that take place as a result of continuous firsthand contact between individuals of different cultures; usually refers to the experiences of adults.
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Long-term physiologic responses to a stress, usually taking from days to months.
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1. Basically, same as acclimatization. 2. Adaptation of living organisms to all aspects of the environment, not just the climatic. Examples of acclimation would be adjustment of plants to growth at elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations or to soil water deficits.
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Abbreviation for Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
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| ACC | something added that is nonessential but helpful |
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| ACC | a supplementary component |
| ACC | clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing |
| ACC | someone who helps another person commit a crime |
| ACC | relating to something that is added but is not essential |
| ACC | a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony |
| ACC | a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration |
| ACC | a vein that passes along the radial edge of the forearm and joins the cephalic vein near the elbow |
| ACC | a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it |
| ACC | fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary |
| ACC | a vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins |
| ACC | a vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins |