| additivity | The quality or state of being additive. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| addle | 1. To earn by labour. 2. To thrive or grow; to ripen. "Kill ivy, else tree will addle no more." (Tusser) Origin: OE. Adlen, adilen, to gain, acquire; prob. Fr. Icel. Oolask to acquire property, akin to ooal property. Cf. Allodial. Having lost the power of development, and become rotten, as eggs; putrid. Hence: Unfruitful or confused, as brains; muddled. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| address | <molecular biology> A site on a chromosome (characterised by a DNA sequence greater than 16 base pairs) that occurs only once in the genome. (14 Nov 1997) |
| addressing ligands | Ligands on cells for specific homing receptors on lymphocytes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adducent | <physiology> Bringing together or towards a given point; a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent. Origin: L. Addunces, p. Pr. Of adducere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| adducin | A protein that binds to spectrin and actin and appears to play a role in the assembly and maintenance of the spectrin-actin network. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adduct | <chemistry, molecular biology> A compound produced by the mixing of two or more chemicals. Acomplex that forms when a chemical binds to a biological molecule, such as DNA or a protein. (06 May 1997) |
| adducted thumbs with mental reatardation | A syndrome with the following characteristic features: (1) neurologically:mental retardation and aphasia (lack of speech); (2) limbs: adducted (clasped) thumbs, absent extensor pollicis longus and/or brevis muscles to the thumb, shuffling gait, and leg spasticity; (3) growth: small body size; (4) skeleton: lumbar lordosis (sway back). The syndrome is inherited as an X-linked trait and so affects mainly boys. Alternative names include MASA syndrome ( MASA stands for mental retardation, aphasia, shuffling gait, and adducted thumbs), clasped thumb and mental retardation, congenital clasped thumb with mental retardation, and the Gareis-Mason syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adduction | <anatomy, orthopaedics> Movement of the limbs toward the medial plane of the body or toward the axial line of the limb. (27 Sep 1997) |
| adductor | <anatomy, orthopaedics> Muscles which move a portion of the body toward the midline such as lowering your arm to your side. (27 Sep 1997) |
| adductor brevis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, superior ramus of pubis; insertion, upper third of medial lip of linea aspera; action, adducts thigh; nerve supply, obturator. Synonym: musculus adductor brevis, short adductor muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adductor canal | The space in middle third of the thigh between the vastus medialis and adductor muscles, converted into a canal by the overlying sartorius muscle. It gives passage to the femoral vessels and saphenous nerve, ending at the adductor hiatus. Synonym: canalis adductorius, Hunter's canal, subsartorial canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adductor hallucis | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, by two heads, the transverse head from the capsules of the lateral four metatarsophalangeal joints and the oblique head from the lateral cuneiform and bases of the third and fourth metatarsal bones; insertion, lateral side of base of proximal phalanx of great toe; action, adducts great toe; nerve supply, lateral plantar. Synonym: musculus adductor hallucis, adductor muscle of great toe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adductor hiatus | The aperture in the aponeurotic insertion of the adductor magnus that transmits the femoral artery and vein from the adductor canal to the popliteal space. Synonym: hiatus tendineus, hiatus adductorius, femoral opening, tendinous opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| adductor longus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, symphysis and crest of pubis; insertion, middle third of medial lip of linea aspera of femur; action, adducts, flexes and laterally rotates the thigh; nerve supply, obturator. Synonym: musculus adductor longus, long adductor muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Addison's disease |
a glandular disorder caused by failure of function of the cortex of the adrenal gland and marked by anemia and prostration with brownish skin
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| addition |
a component that is added to something to improve it; "the addition of a bathroom was a major improvement"; "the addition of cinnamon improved the flavor" the act of adding one thing to another; "the addition of flowers created a pleasing effect"; "the addition of a leap day every four years" a quantity that is added; "there was an addition to property taxes this year"; "they recorded the cattle's gain in weight over a period of weeks" accession: something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff" a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area summation: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"
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characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process" something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine linear: designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
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| adducent |
especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part
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a compound formed by an addition reaction draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
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| ADD | mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia |
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| ADD | ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue |
| ADD | ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue |
| ADD | capable of being added or added to |
| ADD | someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance |
| ADD | someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction |
| ADD | to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, esp. a narcotic drug) |
| ADD | compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming |
| ADD | an abnormally strong craving |
| ADD | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| ADD | causing or characterized by addiction |
| ADD | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |