| asepticism | The practice of aseptic surgery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| asequence | Lack of normal sequence, specifically, between atrial and ventricular contractions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asexual | Without sex. (27 Sep 1997) |
| asexual dwarfism | Dwarfism in which adult sexual development is deficient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asexual generation | Reproduction by fission, gemmation, or in any other way without union of the male and female cell, or conjugation. See: parthenogenesis. Synonym: heterogenesis, nonsexual generation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asexual reproduction | <biology, microbiology> Reproduction in which an organism produces one or more clones of itself, such as by fission or budding. (09 Oct 1997) |