| Amblyomma hebraeum | The South African bont tick, an important vector of heartwater in southern Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Amblyomma maculatum | The Gulf Coast tick, a species that is a pest of livestock in the southeastern United States. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amblyomma variegatum | The tropical bont tick, a serious pest of domestic livestock and an important vector of heartwater in Africa and the Caribbean; it is closely associated with the development of severe clinical dermatophilosis in cattle in the Caribbean. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amblyopia | <ophthalmology> The impairment of vision without detectable organic lesion of the eye. (18 Nov 1997) |
| amblyopia ex anopsia | The suppression of the central vision in one eye when the images from the two eyes are so different that they cannot be fused into one. This may be due to: 1) faulty image formation (sensory amblyopia); 2) a large difference in refraction between the two eyes (anisometropic amblyopia); or 3) the two eyes pointing in different directions (strabismic amblyopia). Most suppression amblyopia can be reversed if appropriately treated before age 6 years. Synonym: amblyopia ex anopsia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| amblyopic | <medicine> Of or pertaining to amblyopy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amblyopy | <medicine> Weakness of sight, without and opacity of the cornea, or of the interior of the eye; the first degree of amaurosis. Origin: Gr.; blunt, dim + eye: cf. F. Amblyopie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| amblyoscope | <instrument> A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate or stimulate binocular vision. See: haploscope. Origin: amblyopia + G. Skopeo, to view (05 Mar 2000) |
| amblypoda | <paleontology> A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ambo- | Around; on all (both) sides; corresponds to G. Ampho-. See: ambi-. Origin: L. Ambo, both (05 Mar 2000) |
| amboceptor | <immunology> An antibody which can combine both with a cellular antigen (such as a virus or bacterium) and with a complement because it has two combining elements. (09 Oct 1997) |
| amboceptor unit | haemolysin unit |
| ambomalleal | Relating to the incus and the malleus; denoting the articulation between the incus and the malleus in the middle ear. Synonym: ambomalleal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ambos | An obsolete term for incus. Origin: Ger. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amboyna button | <medicine> A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterised by yellowish or reddish tumours, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws. Origin: African yaw a raspberry. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |