| AAPB | American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists |
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| ADA | adenosine deaminase; American Dental Association; American Dermatological Association; American Diab... |
| AGA | accelerated growth area; allergic granulomatosis and angiitis; American Gastroenterological Associat... |
| AOA | American Osteopathic Association; Administration on Aging; Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society; American... |
| EAR | European Association of Radiology |
| New York Heart Association classification | A functional classification to assess cardiovascular disability. Class I: patients with cardiac disease without limitation of physical activity. Ordinary activity does not cause symptoms. Class II: patients with cardiac disease with slight limitation of activity; comfortable at rest. Ordinary physical activity results in fatigue, palpitation, dyspnea or angina. Class III: patients with cardiac disease producing marked limitation of activity: comfortable at rest. Less than ordinary physical activity causes symptoms. Class IV: patients with cardiac disease resulting in inability to carry on any physical activity without discomfort. Symptoms may be present even at rest. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| free association | Spontaneous verbalization of whatever comes to mind. (12 Dec 1998) |
| laws of association | Principles formulated by Aristotle to account for the functional relationships between ideas; the law of contiguity (association) proved most useful to experimental psychologists, culminating in modern studies of respondent conditioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| loosening of association | A manifestation of a severe thought disorder characterised by the lack of an obvious connection between one thought or phrase and the next, or with the response to a question. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amber fish | <zoology> A fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Carolinensis) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anadromous fish | Anadromous fish means fish which spawn in fresh water and spend a portion of their lives in the ocean. (09 Oct 1997) |
| angel fish | See Angel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| archer fish | <zoology> A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| balloon fish | <zoology> A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable oesophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| band fish | <zoology> A small red fish of the genus Cepola; the ribbon fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| barber fish | <zoology> See Surgeon fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bellows fish | <zoology> A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows. Synonym: trumpet fish, and snipe fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| bur fish | <zoology> A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (especially. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur. Synonym: ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| vegetative fish cover | <ecology> Vegetation materials, such as algal mats and organic debris, capable of providing protection for fish and other aquatic organisms. (06 Mar 2000) |
| margate fish | <zoology> A sparoid fish (Diabasis aurolineatus) of the Gulf of Mexico, esteemed as a food fish. Synonym: red-mouth grunt. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |