| accordion graft | A skin graft in which multiple slits have been made, so it can be stretched to cover a large area. Synonym: mesh graft. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| accost | 1. To join side to side; to border; hence, to sail along the coast or side of. "So much [of Lapland] as accosts the sea." 2. To approach; to make up to. 3. To speak to first; to address; to greet. "Him, Satan thus accosts." Origin: F. Accoster, LL. Accostare to bring side by side; L. Ad + costa rib, side. See Coast, and cf. Accoast. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accosted | Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| accouchement | Childbirth, particularly parturition. See: birth. Origin: Fr. From coucher, to lie down (05 Mar 2000) |
| accouchement force | Forced, artificially hastened delivery, by means of forceps, version, etc.; originally applied to rapid dilation of the cervix with the hands, with version and forcible extraction of the foetus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| accoucheur | French for a male obstetrician. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |