| athyrotic | Relating to athyroidism. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ATL | <abbreviation> Adult T-cell leukaemia or adult T-cell lymphoma. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanta | <marine biology> A genus of small glassy heteropod mollusks found swimming at the surface in mid ocean. See: heteropod. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. (19 Mar 1998) |
| atlantad | In a direction toward the atlas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlantal | <anatomy> Relating to the atlas. Anterior; cephalic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| atlantic | 1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph. 2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. 3. Descended from Atlas. "The seven Atlantic sisters." (Milton) Origin: L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| atlantic islands | Widely scattered islands in the atlantic ocean as far north as the azores and as far south as the south sandwich islands, with the greatest concentration found in the caribbean region. They include annobon island, ascension, canary islands, falkland islands, fernando po (also called isla de bioko and bioko), gough island, madeira, sao tome and principe, saint helena, and tristan da cunha. (12 Dec 1998) |
| atlantic part of vertebral artery | <anatomy, artery> Suboccipital part of vertebral artery. See: vertebral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto- | <anatomy> The atlas (the bone that supports the head), as Atlas supported the sky. Origin: G. Atlas, Atlantos, Atlas, the mythical Titan who supported the dome of the sky on his shoulders (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto-occipital | <anatomy> Relating to the atlas and the occipital bone. Synonym: atlo-occipital. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto-occipital articulation | <anatomy> A condylar synovial joint between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone. Synonym: articulatio atlanto-occipitalis, atlanto-occipital articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto-occipital joint | <anatomy> A condylar synovial joint between the superior articular facets of the atlas and the condyles of the occipital bone. Synonym: articulatio atlanto-occipitalis, atlanto-occipital articulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto-occipital membrane | <anatomy> More specifically see: anterior atlanto-occipital membrane, posterior atlanto-occipital membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlanto-odontoid | <anatomy> Relating to the atlas and the dens of the axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atlantoaxial | <anatomy> Pertaining to the atlas and the axis; denoting the joint between the first two cervical vertebrae. Synonym: atlantoepistrophic, atloaxoid. (05 Mar 2000) |