| accidental image | Continuation of visual impression after cessation of stimuli causing the original image. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| accidental murmur | An evanescent cardiac murmur not due to valvular lesion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidental symptom | Any morbid phenomenon coincidentally occurring in the course of a disease, but having no relation with it. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accidents, occupational | Unforeseen occurrences, especially of an injurious character due to factors involving one's employment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accidents, radiation | Accidental dispersal of radioactive materials from a radiation source. Accidents at nuclear reactors can involve large groups of the population from dispersion of radioactivity into the environment and through fallout or a few individuals with high injurious doses. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accidents, traffic | Accidents on streets, roads, and highways involving drivers, passengers, pedestrians, or vehicles. Traffic accidents refer to automobiles (passenger cars, buses, and trucks), bicycling, and motorcycles but not off-road motor vehicles, railroads nor snowmobiles. (12 Dec 1998) |
| accipiter | Origin: L, hawk. 1. <ornithology> A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores. 2. <surgery> A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accipitres | <ornithology> The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls. Origin: L, hawks. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accipitrine | <zoology> Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike. Origin: Cf. F. Accipitrin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acclimating fever | Elevated temperature with malaise that occurs upon working in a very hot environment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acclimation | Adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acclimatisation | 1. <physiology> The physiological process through which an organism grows accustomed or adapts to a new environment. 2. <microbiology> In mcrobial cultures, this can involve enzymatic changes that allow it to use an new nutrient source for energy. (06 May 1997) |
| acclimatization | Adaptation to a new environment or to a change in the old. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acclimatize | To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants. Origin: Acclimatized; Acclimatizing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accole forms | A term applied to the manner in which the ring stage of Plasmodium falciparum parasitises the marginal portion of erythrocytes. Synonym: accole forms. (05 Mar 2000) |