| anthraciferous | <chemical> Yielding anthracite; as, anthraciferous strata. Origin: Gr. Coal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| anthracin | <chemistry> A solid hydrocarbon, C6H4.C2H2.C6H4, which accompanies naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of alizarin. Alternative forms: anthracin. Origin: Gr. Coal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthracite | A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal. Origin: L. Anthracites a kind of bloodstone; fr. Gr. Like coals, fr, coal or charcoal. Cf. Anthrax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthraco- | Coal; carbon; carbuncle; corresponds to L. Carb-, carbo-. Origin: G. Anthrax, anthrakos, charcoal, a live coal; a carbuncle, a pustule (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthracoid | <biology> Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe. Origin: Anthrax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthracomancy | Divination by inspecting a burning coal. Origin: Gr, coal + -mancy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthracometer | An instrument for measuring the amount of carbonic acid in a mixture. Origin: Gr. Coal, carbon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| anthracosilicosis | A mixed condition of anthracosis and silicosis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anthracosis | Pneumonoconiosis from accumulation of carbon from inhaled smoke or coal dust in the lungs. See: pneumomelanosis. Synonym: collier's lung, melanedema, miner's lung. Origin: anthraco-+ G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthracotic | Characterised by anthracosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anthracotic tuberculosis | <chest medicine> Fibrosis and scarring of the lungs secondary to the repeated inhalation of dust associated with some occupation. Examples include silica, asbestos and coal dust exposure. (29 Oct 1998) |
| anthracycline | <oncology, pharmacology> Drugs which are used in leukaemia therapy to prevent cell division by disrupting the structure of the DNA. Drugs of this type include Daunorubicin, Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), Epirubicin, Idarubicin. See: chemotherapy. (13 Oct 1997) |
| anthracyclines | Organic compounds that have a tetrahydronaphthacenedione ring structure attached by a glycosidic linkage to the amino sugar daunosamine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anthralin | <chemical> An anti-inflammatory anthracene derivative used for the treatment of dermatoses, especially psoriasis. It may cause folliculitis. Pharmacological action: anti-inflammatory agent, topical. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anthramucin | A neutralizing material from the capsule of Bacillus anthracis that neutralises serum and tissue antimicrobial action. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Anthozoa |
no alternation of generations the medusoid phase being entirely suppressed: sea anemones; corals
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| anthrax bacillus |
Bacillus anthracis: a species of bacillus that causes anthrax in humans and in animals (cattle and swine and sheep and rabbits and mice and guinea pigs); can be used a bioweapon
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| anthrax pneumonia |
pulmonary anthrax: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse
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| anthropogeny |
anthropogenesis: the evolution or genesis of the human race
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| anthropoid ape |
any tailless ape of the families Pongidae and Hylobatidae
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| anth | weevils destructive of cultivated plants |
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| anth | grayish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton |
| anth | American suffragist (1820-1906) |
| anth | Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars |
| anth | United States reformer who led moral crusades against art and literature that he considered obscene (1844-1915) |
| anth | Welsh film actor (born in 1937) |
| anth | English writer of novels (1815-1882) |
| anth | American Revolutionary general (1745-1796) |
| anth | feeding on flowers |
| anth | feeding on flowers |
| anth | a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group |
| anth | comprising flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary |