| alignment |
The horizontal route or direction of an access road.
Ãâó: www.epa.gov/OWOW/NPS/MMGI/Chapter3/ch3-3.html
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| aliphatic |
A descriptive term for chemical compounds composed of straight chain molecules.
Ãâó: www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glossary/glossary_a.s...
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| alisphenoid |
A winglike bone forming part of the lateral wall of the braincase. It also forms part of the posterior wall of the orbit. Frequently fused to the basisphenoid.
Ãâó: www.uvm.edu/~jdecher/GoT.html
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| alimentary canal |
This term is another word for the gastrointestinal tract. It refers to the entire system starting in the mouth and following through the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum.
Ãâó: www.gastromd.com/definitions.html
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| alienist |
is an old term for a psychiatrist, but is now used more specifically to refer to a psychiatrist who specializes in the legal aspects of mental illness. The term shrink (from head shrinker) is a (sometimes offensive) slang term for a psychotherapist. Shrunken head from the upper Amazon region, in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Shrunken head exhibited at the Lightner Museum in St. ...
Ãâó: www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Psychiatry
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