| amaryllideous | <botany> Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the etals. The narcissus and daffodil are members of this family. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| amaryllis | 1. A pastoral sweetheart. "To sport with Amaryllis in the shade." (Milton) 2. <botany> A family of plants much esteemed for their beauty, including the narcissus, jonquil, daffodil, agave, and others. A genus of the same family, including the Belladonna lily. Origin: L. Amaryllis, Gr, the name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amasthenic | <photography> Uniting the chemical rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens; amacratic. Origin: Gr. Together + force. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amastia | Absence of the breasts. Synonym: amazia. Origin: G. A-priv. + mastos, breast (05 Mar 2000) |
| amastigote | Synonym: Leishman-Donovan body. Origin: G. A-priv. + mastix, whip (05 Mar 2000) |
| amate | To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. "The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true." (Milton) Origin: OF. Amater, amatir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amathophobia | <psychology> Morbid dread of dust or dirt. Origin: G. Amathos, dust, + phobos, fear (05 Mar 2000) |
| amativeness | <psychology> The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amatoxin | One of a group of bicyclic octapeptides from Amanita phalloides. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaurosis | <ophthalmology> Blindness, often occurs from a cortical lesion or from no change in the eye itself (27 Sep 1997) |
| amaurosis congenita of Leber | An autosomal recessive cone-rod abiotrophy causing blindness or severely reduced vision at birth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaurosis fugax | <symptom> This refers to a symptom that is described as a shade coming down over the eye. This temporary interference in vision is causally related to atherosclerosis in the blood vessels that supply the brain. (27 Sep 1997) |
| amaurotic | Relating to or suffering from amaurosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaurotic cat's eye | A yellow reflex from the pupil in cases of retinoblastoma or pseudoglioma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amaurotic mydriasis | A moderate widening of both pupils resulting from impaired visual input from one or both eyes. (05 Mar 2000) |