| augmented histamine test | A test for maximal production of gastric acidity or anacidity; after preliminary administration of an antihistamine, histamine acid phosphate is injected subcutaneously in a dose of 0.04 mg/kg of body weight, followed by analysis of gastric contents. Synonym: augmented histamine test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| augmented lead | Electrocardiogram recorded between one limb and two other limbs. The augmented lead are designated aVF, aVL, and aVR for recordings made between the foot (left), left arm, and right arm, respectively, and the other two limbs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmentor fibres | Postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibre's originating in the superior, middle, and inferior cervical ganglia of the sympathetic trunk, conveying nervous impulses to the heart that increase the rapidity and force of the cardiac pulsations. Synonym: augmentor fibres. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augmentor nerves | Segments of the visceral branches arising from the superior, middle, and inferior (stellate) cervical ganglia; they are part of the cardiopulmonary splanchnic nerves. Synonym: augmentor nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| augnathus | Synonym: dignathus. Origin: G. Au, again, + gnathos, jaw (05 Mar 2000) |
| augur | 1. An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. 2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. "Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound." (Dryden) Origin: L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of the word is perh. Fr. L. Avis bird, and the last syllable, gur, equiv. To the Skr. Gar to call, akin to L. Garrulus garrulous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| augurous | Full of augury; foreboding. "Augurous hearts." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| august | Of a quality inspiring mingled admiration and reverence; having an aspect of solemn dignity or grandeur; sublime; majestic; having exalted birth, character, state, or authority. "Forms august." . "August in visage." . "To shed that august blood." . "So beautiful and so august a spectacle." (Burke) "To mingle with a body so august." (Byron) Synonym: Grand, magnificent, majestic, solemn, awful, noble, stately, dignified, imposing. Origin: L. Augustus; cf. Augere to increase; in the language of religion, to honor by offerings: cf. F. Auguste. See Augment. The eighth month of the year, containing thirty-one days. The old Roman name was Sextilis, the sixth month from March, the month in which the primitive Romans, as well as Jews, began the year. The name was changed to August in honor of Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, on account of his victories, and his entering on his first consulate in that month. Origin: L. Augustus. See note below, and August. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| augustan | 1. Of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar or to his times. 2. Of or pertaining to the town of Augsburg. Augustan age of any national literature, the period of its highest state of purity and refinement; so called because the reign of Augustus Caesar was the golden age of Roman literature. Thus the reign of Louis XIV. (b. 1638) has been called the Augustan age of French literature, and that of Queen Anne (b. 1664) the Augustan age of English literature. Augustan confession, or confession of Augsburg, drawn up at Augusta Vindelicorum, or Augsburg, by Luther and Melanchthon, in 1530, contains the principles of the Protestants, and their reasons for separating from the Roman Catholic church. Origin: L. Augustanus, fr. Augustus. See August. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| augustinian | A member of one of the religious orders called after St. Augustine; an Austin friar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Aujeszky | Aladar, Hungarian pathologist, 1869-1933. See: Aujeszky's disease, Aujeszky's disease virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Aujeszky's disease | A highly contagious herpes virus infection affecting the central nervous system of swine, cattle, dogs, cats, rats, and other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Aujeszky's disease virus | A herpesvirus causing pseudorabies in swine. Synonym: Aujeszky's disease virus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| auk | <ornithology> A name given to various species of arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. The great auk, now extinct, is Alca (or Plautus) impennis. The razor-billed auk is A. Torda. See Puffin, Guillemot, and Murre. Origin: Prov. E. Alk; akin to Dan. Alke, Icel. & Sw. Alka. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aunt | 1. The sister of one's father or mother; correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife. Aunt is sometimes applied as a title or term of endearment to a kind elderly woman not thus related. 2. An old woman; and old gossip. 3. A bawd, or a prostitute. Aunt Sally, a puppet head placed on a pole and having a pipe in its mouth; also a game, which consists in trying to hit the pipe by throwing short bludgeons at it. Origin: OF. Ante, F. Tante, L. Amita father's sister. Cf. Amma. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Autoanalyses
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Synonyms : Antigens, Autologous, Self Antigens
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Synonyms : Autocrine Communications, Autocrine Signalings, Communication, Autocrine, Communications, Autocrine, Signaling, Autocrine, Signalings, Autocrine
| autocatalysis |
catalysis in which the catalyst is one of the products of the reaction
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| audiogram |
a graphical representation of a person's auditory sensitivity to sound
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| autoradiography |
producing a radiograph by means of the radiation emitted from the specimen being photographed
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| audiology |
the measurement of hearing
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| autoregulation |
(physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism
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| AU | an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant |
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| AU | attend academic courses without getting credit |
| AU | of accounts and tax returns |
| AU | an inspection of the accounting procedures and records by a trained accountant |
| AU | a test of the suitability of a performer |
| AU | the ability to hear |
| AU | perform in order to get a role |
| AU | of or relating to the process of hearing |
| AU | someone who audits accounts |
| AU | a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit |
| AU | someone who listens attentively |
| AU | the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits |