| Area Agency on Aging |
ABBR: AAA. An agency that develops, coordinates, and in some cases provides a wide range of community-based services for persons aged 60 or older.
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| aregenerative a. |
an anemia characterized by bone marrow failure, so that functional marrow cells are regenerated slowly or not at all; the term has been used to denote specific disorders with this characteristic, including aplastic anemia and pure red cell anemia.
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| area under (the) curve |
ABBR: AUC. The integrated quantity of drug (the serum drug concentration curve) after a single dose.
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| areolar c. |
that which starts around or near the macula lutea and progresses toward the periphery. Unlike other forms of choroiditis, the lesions are pigmented at first and then lose their pigmentation. Called also Förster's c. or disease.
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| arenaviruses |
A group of viruses once thought to be spread only by arthropod vectors; this is not so. Two important viruses in this group are lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCM virus) and Lassa virus. The LCM virus rarely infects humans, but
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