| AGE | acrylamide gel; acute gastroenteritis; advanced glycation end product; agarose gel electrophoresis; ... |
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| AMD | acid maltase deficiency; acromandibular dysplasia; actinomycin D; adrenomyelodystrophy; age-related ... |
| ASFR | age-specific fertility rate |
| ASMR | age-standardized mortality ratio |
| AS-SCORE | age, stage of disease, physiological system involved, complications, response to therapy |
| light water | <radiobiology> Ordinary H2O, as opposed to heavy water, which contains atoms of the heavier isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and/or tritium. See: hydrogen, isotope, deuterium, tritium, heavy water. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| light-water reactor | <radiobiology> Class of fission reactors using ordinary light water as a coolant, rather than liquid metal or heavy water (water with deuterium instead of hydrogen). (09 Oct 1997) |
| light wire appliance | An orthodontic appliance utilizing small gauge labial wires with expansion and contraction loops formed into it and attached to bands fitted to individual teeth; sometimes called Begg light wire differential force technique. (05 Mar 2000) |