| autoclasia | 1. A breaking up or rupturing from intrinsic or internal causes. 2. Progressive immunologically induced tissue destruction. Origin: auto-+ G. Klasis, breaking (05 Mar 2000) |
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| autoclave | <equipment> A machine that sterilises instruments or materials with high pressure and heat or pressurised steam. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autocoid | A chemical substance produced by one type of cell that affects the function of different types of cells in the same region, thus functioning as a local hormone or messenger. Origin: G. Autos, self, + eidos, form (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocracy | Origin: Gr., cf. F. Autocratie. See Autocrat. 1. Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy. "The divine will moves, not by the external impulse or inclination of objects, but determines itself by an absolute autocracy." (South) 2. Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat. 3. Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. 4. <medicine> The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle. [In this sense, written also autocrasy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autocratrix | A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; a title given to the empresses of Russia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| autocrine | <endocrinology> Secretion of a substance, such as a growth factor, that stimulates the secretory cell itself. One route to independence of growth control is by autocrine growth factor production. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autocrine communication | Denoting a type of cellular communication in which a hormone binds to receptors on and affects the function of the cell type that produced it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autocrine hypothesis | That tumour cells containing viral oncogenes may have encoded a growth factor, normally produced by other cell types, and thereby produce the factor autonomously, leading to uncontrolled proliferation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocrine motility factor | A member of the class of cytokines secreted by tumour cells. It elicits increases in cell motility and phosphoinositide metabolism in the secreting or producing cell via a pertussis toxin-sensitive g-protein signal transduction pathway. The factor has also been used as a marker for bladder cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autocystoplasty | Synonym: autoaugmentation. Origin: auto-+ G. Kystis, bladder, + plastos, formed (05 Mar 2000) |
| autocytolysin | <enzyme> An enzyme which causes the cell that made it to self-destruct. (09 Oct 1997) |
| autocytolysis | <cell biology> Spontaneous lysis (rupture) of cells or organelles produced by the release of internal hydrolyic enzymes. Normally associated with the release of lysosomal enzymes. (02 Jan 1998) |
| autocytotoxin | A cytotoxic autoantibody. (05 Mar 2000) |
| autodermic | Relating to one's own skin; denoting especially an autodermic graft or dermatoautoplasty. Origin: auto-+ G. Derma, skin (05 Mar 2000) |
| autodermic graft | A skin autograft. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auditory ossicle |
ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
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| auditory perception |
the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon
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| auxesis |
growth from increase in cell size without cell division
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| auxetic |
of or relating to growth by auxesis
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| automysophobia |
a morbid fear of being dirty
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| AU | kindly endorsement and guidance |
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| AU | attended by favorable circumstances |
| AU | tending to favor or bring good luck |
| AU | in an auspicious manner |
| AU | the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result |
| AU | shrubby tree with silky foliage and spikes of cylindrical yellow nectarous flowers |
| AU | a native or inhabitant of Australia |
| AU | English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817) |
| AU | a solid solution of ferric carbide or carbon in iron |
| AU | composed of austenite |
| AU | a steel with a relatively large component (10-14%) of manganese |
| AU | steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures |