| APF | acidulated phosphofluoride; American Psychological Foundation; anabolism-promoting factor; animal pr... |
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| APG | acid-precipitated globulin; ambulatory patient group; animal pituitary gonadotropin; antegrade pyelo... |
| APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service |
| APL | abductor pollicis longus; accelerated painless labor; acute promyelocytic leukemia; animal placenta ... |
| CR | calculation rate; calculus removed; calorie-restricted; cardiac rehabilitation; cardiac resuscitatio... |
| animal psychology | A branch of psychology concerned with the study of the behaviour and physiological responses of animal organisms as a means of understanding human behaviour; some synonyms include comparative psychology, experimental psychology, and physiological psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| animal rights | The moral and ethical bases of the protection of animals from cruelty and abuse. The rights are extended to domestic animals, laboratory animals, and wild animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animal soap | Soap made with sodium hydroxide and a purified animal fat consisting chiefly of stearin; used in pharmacy in the preparation of certain liniments. Synonym: curd soap, domestic soap, tallow soap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| animal starch | <biochemistry> Branched polymer of D glucose (mostly _(1-4) linked, but some _(1-6) at branch points). Size range very variable, up to 10exp5 glucose units. Major short term storage polymer of animal cells and is particularly abundant in the liver and to a lesser extent in muscle. In the electron microscope glycogen has a characteristic asterisk or star appearance. (18 Nov 1997) |
| animal structures | Organs and other anatomical structures of non-human vertebrate and invertebrate animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animal technicians | Assistants to a veterinarian, biological or biomedical researcher, or other scientist who are engaged in the care and management of animals, and who are trained in basic principles of animal life processes and routine laboratory and animal health care procedures. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animal testing | <pharmacology> Before researchers test pharmaceuticals in human clinical trials, they test them in animals to determine toxicity, dosing, and efficacy. What they learn in animal models helps them determine if it is safe and worthwhile to proceed to human trials, and how best to design those trials. (14 Nov 1997) |
| animal testing alternatives | Procedures, such as tissue culture, mathematical models, etc., when used or advocated for use in place of the use of animals in research or diagnostic laboratories. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animal toxin | <pharmacology> Any poisonous substance (including but not limited to venom) produced by an animal. (11 May 1997) |
| animal viruses | Virus's occurring in man and other animals, causing inapparent infection or producing disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| animal wax | Beeswax, spermaceti, and any wax derived from the animal kingdom. (05 Mar 2000) |
| animal welfare | The protection of animals in laboratories or other specific environments and the promotion of their health through better nutrition, housing, and care. This may be carried out through legislation or regulation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| animalcule | 1. A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. 2. <zoology> An animal, invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye. See Infusoria. Many of the so-called animalcules have been shown to be plants, having locomotive powers something like those of animals. Among these are Volvox, the Desmidiacae, and the siliceous Diatomaceae. Spermatic animalcules. See Spermatozoa. Origin: As if fr. A L. Animalculum, dim. Of animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| animalculism | <biology> The theory which seeks to explain certain physiological and pathological by means of animalcules. Origin: Cf. F. Animalculisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| animalised cell | <zoology> The 8-16 cell early blastula of sea urchins has animal and vegetal poles, by manipulating the environmental conditions it is possible to shift more cells from vegetal to animal in their characteristics. (12 Nov 1997) |
| Houssay animal | An animal that has been pancreatectomised and hypophysectomised. Named after the discoverer of the principle that animal's are more sensitive to insulin after removal of the pituitary, and that after this operation the intensity of diabetes in depancreatised animal's is diminished. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sex behaviour, animal | Sexual activities of animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| normal animal | In research, an experimental animal that has neither suffered an attack of a particular disease nor received an injection of a specific microorganism or its toxin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| disease models, animal | Animal disease whose pathologic mechanisms are sufficiently similar to those of a different human disease for the animal disease to serve as a model. The animal disease may be either induced or naturally occurring so long as it is not the same clinical entity as the disease for which it serves as a model. E.g., scrapie is an animal model for multiple sclerosis, which has never been found or induced in an animal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| eliminative behaviour, animal | Behaviour associated with the elimination of feces and urine from the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| toxoplasmosis, animal | Acquired infection of non-human animals by organisms of the genus toxoplasma. (12 Dec 1998) |
| transgenic animal | Genetically engineered animalor offspring of genetically engineeredanimals. The transgenic animal usually contains material from at leaseone unrelated organism, such as from a virus, plant, or other animal. (09 Oct 1997) |
| laboratory animal science | The science and technology dealing with the procurement, breeding, care, health, and selection of animals used in biomedical research and testing. (12 Dec 1998) |
| lameness, animal | A departure from the normal gait in animals. It is also called claudication. (12 Dec 1998) |
Synonyms : Animal Husbandries, Husbandries, Animal, Husbandry, Animal
Synonyms : Animal Identification System, Identification System, Animal, Identification Systems, Animal, System, Animal Identification, Systems, Animal Identification
Synonyms : Animal Migrations, Migrations, Animal
Synonyms : Animal Nutritional Physiology, Veterinary Nutritional Physiology, Nutrition Physiologies, Animal, Nutrition Physiology, Animal, Nutritional Physiology, Animal, Nutritional Physiology, Veterinary, Physiology, Animal Nutrition, Physiology, Animal Nutritional
Synonyms : Animal Nutritional Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Veterinary, Veterinary Nutritional Sciences, Animal Nutrition Science, Animal Nutritional Science, Nutrition Science, Animal, Nutrition Science, Veterinary, Nutrition Sciences, Animal
| animal psychology |
comparative psychology: the branch of psychology concerned with the behavior of animals
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| animal starch |
glycogen: one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body
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any protozoan of the class Zoomastigophorea.
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| animal | a protein gelatin obtained by boiling e.g. skins and hoofs of cattle and horses |
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| animal | a group of animals |
| animal | breeding and caring for farm animals |
| animal | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals |
| animal | the leg of an animal |
| animal | magnetic personal charm |
| animal | material derived from animals |
| animal | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect |
| animal | any oil obtained from animal substances |
| animal | the order of animals |
| animal | pigment occurring in animals |
| animal | a product made from animal material |