| 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) |
|---|---|
| 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) |