| ambisense expression strategy | <molecular biology> The coding of viral proteins in both the sense (coding) and antisense (noncoding) strands of complementary mRNA, so that the viral proteins are produced no matter which strand gets translated. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| ambisexual | 1. Denoting sexual characteristics found in both sexes, e.g., breast, pubic hair. 2. Slang term for bisexual. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambisinister | Synonym: ambilevous. Origin: ambi-+ L. Sinister, left (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambisinistrous | Awkwardness in the use of both hands. Synonym: ambisinister, ambisinistrous. Origin: ambi-+ L. Laevus, left (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambitus | 1. The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell. 2. A canvassing for votes. Origin: L. See Ambit, Ambition. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ambivalence | The coexistence of antithetical attitudes or emotions toward a given person or thing, or idea, as in the simultaneous feeling and expression of love and hate toward the same person. Origin: ambi-+ L. Valentia, strength (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambivalent | Relating to or characterised by ambivalence. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambivert | One who falls between the two extremes of introversion and extroversion, possessing some of the tendencies of each. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambly- | Dullness, dimness; blunt, dull, dim, dimmed. Origin: G. Amblys, blunt, dulled; faint, dim (05 Mar 2000) |
| amblyaphia | Diminution in tactile sensibility. Origin: ambly-+ G. Haphe, touch (05 Mar 2000) |
| amblygeustia | A dimunition in the sense of taste. Origin: ambly-+ G. Geusis, taste (05 Mar 2000) |
| amblygon | <geometry> An obtuse-angled figure, especially. And obtuse-angled triangle. Origin: Gr. Obtuse + angle: cf. F. Amblygone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Amblyomma | A genus of ornate, hard ticks (family Ixodidae) characterised by having eyes, festoons, and deeply imbedded ventral plates near the festoons in males. Origin: ambly-+ G. Omma, eye, vision (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amblyomma americanum | The Lone-Star tick, a species that is an important pest and vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, found primarily in the southern United States and northern Mexico; it occurs on dogs and many other hosts, including domestic animals, birds, and man; it bites man in larval, nymphal, and adult stages. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amblyomma cajennense | The Cayenne tick, a species that is an important pest in southern Texas, Central and South America, and the larger Caribbean islands, and a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Mexico and Central and South America; all stages attack man and many species of domestic and wild animals. (05 Mar 2000) |