| atlantodidymus | <embryology, obstetrics> Conjoined twins with two heads on one neck and a single body. Synonym: atlodidymus. Origin: atlanto-+ G. Didymos, twin (05 Mar 2000) |
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| atlantoepistrophic | <anatomy> Pertaining to the atlas and the axis; denoting the joint between the first two cervical vertebrae. Synonym: atlantoepistrophic, atloaxoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlas | 1. One who sustains a great burden. 2. <anatomy> The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name. 3. A collection of maps in a volume. Supposed to be so called from a picture of Atlas supporting the world, prefixed to some collections. This name is said to have been first used by Mercator, the celebrated geographer, in the 16th century. 4. <chemistry> Atlas powder, a nitroglycerin blasting compound of pasty consistency and great explosive power. Origin: L. Atlas, -antis, Gr, one of the older family of gods, who bears up the pillars of heaven; also Mt. Atlas, in W. Africa, regarded as the pillar of heaven. It is from the root of to bear. See Tolerate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| atlas fracture | <radiology> Incidence: 4% of cervical spine injuries, site: posterior arch, anterior arch, massa lateralis, Jefferson fracture associated with: fractures of C7 (25%), fractures of C2 pedicle (15%), extraspinal fractures (58%) (12 Dec 1998) |
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This is the upper most vertebral bone of the spinal column (also labeled C1). The atlas is located just beneath the skull at the top of the cervical spine.
출처: www.lieberson.com/en/neurgosurgery_glossary/a.htm
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(Greek) [from tlenai to bear] In Greek mythology a titan, a sea god who supports on his shoulders the vault of heaven. Son of Iapetus and Clymene or Asia; brother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius; father of the Pleiades, Hyades, Calypso, and sometimes the Hesperides.
출처: www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/ass-atm.htm
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the first vertabrae in the horse's neck
출처: www.equinekingdom.com/data/horse_glossary/a_terms....
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Aerospace Traffic Location and Sensing
출처: www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/usaf/2020/app-v.ht...
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Netscape's code name for Navigator 3.0.
출처: docs.rinet.ru/Plugi/appc.htm
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| ATLA | largest manta (to 22 feet across wings) |
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| ATLA | any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies |
| ATLA | the 2nd largest ocean |
| ATLA | common puffin of the North Atlantic |
| ATLA | gray sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America |
| ATLA | a kind of sailfish |
| ATLA | found in northern coastal Atlantic waters or tributaries |
| ATLA | fatty pink flesh of fish from northern coastal Atlantic |
| ATLA | sea bream of warm Atlantic waters |
| ATLA | destructive dogfish of American and European Atlantic coastal waters |
| ATLA | standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian |
| ATLA | standard time in the 4th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 60th meridian |