| aspiration | 1. <physiology> The act of inhaling. 2. <psychology> Strong desires to accomplish something. This usually pertains to greater values or high ideals. Origin: L. Spirare = to breathe (27 Jun 1999) |
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| aspiration biopsy | Removal of a sample of tissue from the breast using a wide-core needle with suction. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aspiration pneumonia | <chest medicine> Refers to the inappropriate passage of food, water, stomach acid, vomit or another foreign material into the lungs. Aspiration, particularly involving gastric acid, will often result in a serious pneumonia. (27 Sep 1997) |
| aspirator | <dentistry> A tube like a straw which the dentist puts in your mouth to suck up all the saliva. (08 Jan 1998) |
| aspiratory | Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aspire | 1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality. "Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel." (Pope) 2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. "My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire." (Waller) Origin: F. Aspirer, L. Aspirare. See Aspirate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aspirin | <drug> Acetyl salicylate. An analgesic, antipyretic and antinflammatory drug. It is a potent cyclooxygenase inhibitor and blocks the formation of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid. (18 Nov 1997) |
| asplenia | Congenital absence of the spleen. Functional asplenia, absence of splenic function due to spontaneous infarction of the spleen, as occurs in sickle cell anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asplenia / polysplenia | <radiology> Probably different degrees of the same disorder, asplenia, more severe, Heinz and Howell-Jolly bodies, polysplenia (12 Dec 1998) |
| asplenia syndrome | <syndrome> Syndrome seen in patients who had no functional spleen, either due to surgical removal of disease (e.g., sickle cell anaemia); includes increased susceptibility to bacterial infection, especially pneumococcal infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asplenic | Having no spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| asporogenous | Not producing spores. Origin: G. A-priv. + sporos, seed, + -gen, production (05 Mar 2000) |
| asporous | Incapable of producing spores. Origin: G. A-priv. + sporos, seed (05 Mar 2000) |
| asporulate | Nonsporeforming. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aspulvinone dimethylallyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the transfer of the dimethylallyl moiety from dimethylallylpyrophosphate to either of the two aromatic rings of aspulvinone Registry number: EC 2.5.1.35 Synonym: dimethylallyl pyrophosphate-aspulvinone dimethylallyltransferase, aspulvinone-dma-transferase (26 Jun 1999) |