| acanthaceous | 1. Armed with prickles, as a plant. 2. <botany> Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the acanthus is the type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| acanthamoeba | A genus of free-living soil amoebae that produces no flagellate stage. Its organisms are pathogens for several infections in humans and have been found in the eye, bone, brain, and respiratory tract. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acanthamoeba keratitis | Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| acanthamoebiasis | Infection by free-living soil amoebae of the genus Acanthamoeba that may result in a necrotizing dermal or tissue invasion, or a fulminating and usually fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acanthella | An intermediate larva stage of Acanthocephala, formed within the arthropod host; a preinfective, nonencysted stage leading to the infective cystacanth. Origin: G. Akantha, thorn, spine (05 Mar 2000) |
| acanthesthesia | Paresthesia of a pinprick. Origin: G. Akantha, thorn, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000) |
| Acanthia lectularia | Early name for Cimex lectularius. Origin: G. Akantha, thorn, prickle; L. Lectus, a bed (05 Mar 2000) |
| acanthine | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. Origin: L. Acanthinus, Gr, thorny, fr. See Acanthus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acanthion | The tip of the anterior nasal spine. Synonym: akanthion. Origin: G. Akantha, thorn (05 Mar 2000) |
| acantho- | A spinous process; spiny, thorny. Origin: G. Akantha, a thorn, the backbone, the spine, fr. Ake, a point, + anthos, a flower (05 Mar 2000) |
| acanthocarpous | <botany> Having the fruit covered with spines. Origin: Gr. Thorn + fruit. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acanthocephala | <zoology> A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines. Origin: NL, from Gr. A spine, thorn + head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| acanthocephaliasis | An illness caused by infection with a species of Acanthocephala. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acanthocephalous | <zoology> Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Acanthocheilonema | A genus of filarial worms parasitic in man, now considered part of the genus Mansonella. Origin: acantho-+ G. Cheilos, lip, + nema, thread (05 Mar 2000) |