| needlefish | <zoology> The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus). Synonym: earl, and tanglefish. The garfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| needles | Sharp instruments used for puncturing or suturing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Needles' split cast method | A procedure for placing indexed casts on an articulator to facilitate their removal and replacement on the instrument, the procedure of checking the ability of an articulator to receive or be adjusted to a maxillomandibular relation record. Synonym: Needles' split cast method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Needles, Carl | <person> U.S. Paediatrician, *1935. See: Melnick-Needles syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Needles, J | <person> U.S. Dentist. See: Needles' split cast method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| needlestick injuries | Penetrating stab wounds caused by needles. They are of special concern to health care workers since such injuries put them at risk for developing infectious disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| needlestone | <chemical> Natrolite. Synonym: needle zeolite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| needlewoman | A woman who does needlework; a seamstress. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| needling | Discission of a soft or secondary cataract. (05 Mar 2000) |
| needs | Of necessity; necessarily; indispensably; often with must, and equivalent to of need. "A man must needs love mauger his head." (Chaucer) "And he must needs go through Samaria." (John iv. 4) "He would needs know the cause of his reulse." (Sir J. Davies) Origin: Orig. Gen. Of need, used as an adverb. Cf. -wards. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| neelghau | <zoology> See Nylghau. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Neelsen, Friedrich | <person> German pathologist, 1854-1894. See: Ziehl-Neelsen stain. (05 Mar 2000) |
| neem tree | <botany> An Asiatic name for Melia Azadirachta, and M. Azedarach. See Margosa. Origin: Hind. Nim. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| neencephalon | Edinger's term for the higher levels of the central nervous system superimposed upon the metameric or propriospinal system (paleencephalon). Synonym: neoencephalon. Origin: G. Neos, new, + enkephalos, brain (05 Mar 2000) |
| NEEP | <abbreviation> Negative end-expiratory pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |