| graphite | <chemical> Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black colour and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Synonym: plumbago, black lead. Origin: Gr. To write: cf. F. Graphite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| graphite battery | <physics> A voltaic battery consisting of zinc and carbon in sulphuric acid, or other exciting liquid. Source: Websters Dictionary (20 Jun 2000) |
| graphitic | Pertaining to, containing, derived from, or resembling, graphite. <chemistry> Graphitic acid, an organic acid, so called because obtained by the oxidation of graphite; usually called mellitic acid. Graphitic carbon, in iron or steel, that portion of the carbon which is present as graphite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphitoid | Resembling graphite or plumbago. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphitoidal | Resembling graphite or plumbago. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| grapho- | A writing, description. Origin: G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
| grapholite | Any species of slate suitable to be written on. Origin: Gr. To write: cf. F. Grapholithe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphology | <study> The art of judging of a person's character, disposition, and aptitude from his handwriting. Origin: Gr. To write: cf. F. Graphologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| graphomania | <psychiatry> Morbid and excessive impulse to write. Origin: Grapho-+ G. Mania, insanity (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphomotor | Relating to the movements used in writing. Origin: Grapho-+ L. Motus, fr. Movere, to move (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphomotor aphasia | <neurology> Loss of ability to write (a form of aphasia). Symptom common to tumours of the parietal lobe of the dominant cerebral hemisphere. (16 Dec 1997) |
| graphopathology | Interpretation of personality disorders from a study of handwriting. See: graphology. Origin: Grapho-+ pathology (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphophobia | <psychology> Morbid fear of writing. Origin: Grapho-+ G. Phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphorrhoea | Rarely used term for the writing of long lists of meaningless words, associated with a schizophrenic disorder. Origin: Grapho-+ G. Rhoia, flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| graphoscope | <instrument> An optical instrument for magnifying engravings, photographs, etc, usually having one large lens and two smaller ones. Origin: Gr. To write + -scope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| granulocytopenia |
A deficiency in the number of granulocytes, a type of white blood cell.
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| granulosa cell tumor |
A type of slow-growing, malignant tumor that usually affects the ovary.
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| grade IV astrocytoma |
A type of brain tumor that forms from glial (supportive) tissue of the brain. It grows very quickly and has cells that look very different from normal cells. Also called glioblastoma multiforme.
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| gram |
A unit of weight in the metric system. One gram is equal to one thousandth of a kilogram and is approximately 30-times less than an ounce.
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| Graefe's sign |
failure of the upper lid to move downward promptly and evenly with the eyeball in looking downward; instead it moves tardily and jerkingly, a manifestation of Graves' orbitopathy. Called also Boston's s. and von Graefe's s.
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| GRA | a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed |
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| GRA | a piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame |
| GRA | the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 |
| GRA | impressive in scale |
| GRA | impressive in size or scope |
| GRA | of or befitting a lord |
| GRA | the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona |
| GRA | a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals |
| GRA | a state in southwestern United States |
| GRA | the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right |
| GRA | the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess |
| GRA | a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany |