| alignment curve | The line passing through the centre of the teeth laterally in the direction of the curve of the dental arch. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| alilonghi | <zoology> The tunny. See Albicore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aliment | In sensorimotor theory, that which is assimilated to a schema; analogous to a stimulus. Synonym: nourishment. Origin: L. Alo, to nourish (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary | <gastroenterology> Pertaining to food or nutritive material or to the organs of digestion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| alimentary apparatus | The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alimentary canal | <anatomy> The digestive tract. (27 Sep 1997) |
| alimentary diabetes | Glycosuria developing after the ingestion of a moderate amount of sugar or starch, which normally is disposed of without appearing in the urine, because rate of intestinal absorption exceeds capacity of the liver and the other tissues to remove the glucose, thus allowing blood glucose levels to become high enough for renal excretion to occur. Synonym: alimentary diabetes, digestive glycosuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary glycosuria | Glycosuria developing after the ingestion of a moderate amount of sugar or starch, which normally is disposed of without appearing in the urine, because rate of intestinal absorption exceeds capacity of the liver and the other tissues to remove the glucose, thus allowing blood glucose levels to become high enough for renal excretion to occur. Synonym: alimentary diabetes, digestive glycosuria. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary lipaemia | Relatively transient lipaemia occurring after the ingestion of foods with a large content of fat. Synonym: postprandial lipaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary osteopathy | Bone disease due to dietary deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary system | The organs that are responsible for getting food into and out of the body and for making use of food to keep the body healthy. These include the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, small intestine, colon, and rectum. (12 Dec 1998) |
| alimentary tract | The passage leading from the mouth to the anus through the pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, and intestine. Synonym: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, tubus digestorius. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentary tract smear | A group of cytologic specimens containing material from the mouth (oral smear), oesophagus and stomach (gastric smear), duodenum (paraduodenal smear), and colon, obtained by specialised lavage techniques; used principally for the diagnosis of cancer of those areas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alimentation | To provide nourishment, feeding (27 Sep 1997) |
| alinasal | <anatomy> Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage. Origin: L. Ala wing + E. Nasal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |