| adopter | 1. One who adopts. 2. <chemistry> A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another receiver. It is used in distillations, to give more space to elastic vapors, to increase the length of the neck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters. Alternative forms: adapter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| adoption | Voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be as one's own child, usually with legal confirmation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adoptive immunity | <immunology> Immunity to disease or infection conferred on a previously non-immune individual by transferring lymphocytes from a previously immune individual to the non-immune individual. (15 Jan 1998) |
| adoptive transfer | Form of passive immunization where previously sensitised immunologic agents (cells or serum) are transferred to non-immune recipients. When transfer of cells is used as a therapy for the treatment of neoplasms, it is called adoptive immunotherapy (immunotherapy, adoptive). (12 Dec 1998) |
| adoral | An obsolete term for orad. Origin: L. Ad, to, + os(or-), mouth (05 Mar 2000) |
| adoration | 1. The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god. "The more immediate objects of popular adoration amongst the heathens were deified human beings." (Farmer) 2. Homage paid to one in high esteem; profound veneration; intense regard and love; fervent devotion. 3. A method of electing a pope by the expression of homage from two thirds of the conclave. "[Pole] might have been chosen on the spot by adoration." (Froude) Origin: L. Adoratio, fr. Adorare: cf. F. Adoration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| adosculation | <biology> Impregnation by external contact, without intromission. Origin: L. Adosculari, adosculatum, to kiss. See Osculate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| adosterol | <chemical> 6 beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholest-5(10)-en-3 beta-ol. A sterol usually substituted with radioactive iodine. It is an adrenal cortex scanning agent with demonstrated high adrenal concentration and superior adrenal imaging. Chemical name: 19-Norcholest-5(10)-en-3-ol, 6-(iodomethyl)-, (3beta,6beta)- (12 Dec 1998) |