| ametropia | <ophthalmology> An optical condition in the eye where there is an error of refraction of light rays on the retina. (05 Feb 1998) |
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| ametropic | <ophthalmology> Relating to, or suffering from, ametropia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amharic | <ethnology> Of or pertaining to Amhara, a division of Abyssinia; as, the Amharic language is closely allied to the Ethiopic. The Amharic language (now the chief language of Abyssinia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction (a heart attack). (12 Dec 1998) |
| amia | <zoology> A genus of fresh water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin. Origin: L, fr. Gr. A kind of tunny. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amiable | 1. Lovable; lovely; pleasing. 2. Friendly; kindly; sweet; gracious; as, an amiable temper or mood; amiable ideas. 3. Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc, which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman. Origin: F. Amiable, L. Amicabilis friendly, fr. Amicus friend, fr. Amare to love. The meaning has been influenced by F. Aimable, L. Amabilis lovable, fr. Amare to love. Cf. Amicable, Amorous, Amability. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amiantaceous | <dermatology> Asbestos-like; describing thin plates of inflammatory crusting of a cutaneous lesion. Origin: G. Amiantus, asbestos (05 Mar 2000) |
| amianthoid | Having a crystalline appearance like asbestos. Synonym: asbestoid. Origin: G. Amianthus, asbestos (05 Mar 2000) |
| amianthus | <chemical> Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus. Origin: L. Amiantus, Gr. (lit, unsoiled stone) a greenish stone, like asbestus; priv. + to stain, to defile; so called from its incombustibility. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amic | 1. <chemistry> Related to, or derived from ammonia. Amic acid, one of a class of nitrogenised acids somewhat resembling amides. 2. <suffix> (-amic) Used mainly as a suffix denoting the replacement of one COOH group of a dicarboxylic acid by a carboxamide group (-CONH2); applied only to trivial names (e.g., succinamic acid). Origin: L. Ammonia + -ic. Source: Websters Dictionary (20 Jun 2000) |
| amicrobic | <microbiology> Not microbic; not related to or caused by microorganisms. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amicroscopic | <optics> Particles which, although visible in the ultramicroscope, are too small to be resolved by visible light. This places their size between 0.2 Lm and 0.005 Lm. (05 Aug 1998) |
| amidase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of monocarboxylic amides to free acid plus NH3; ω-amidase acts on amides such as alpha-ketoglutaramic acid and alpha-ketosuccinamic acid. Synonym: acylamidase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amidases | <enzyme> Registry number: EC 3.5. (12 Dec 1998) |
| amidation site | <molecular biology> A C terminus consensus sequence, required for C terminus amidation of peptides. Consensus is glycine, followed by 2 basic amino acids (arg or lys). (18 Nov 1997) |