| apexigraph | A device for determining the size and position of the apex of a tooth root. Origin: apex + G. Grapho, to write (05 Mar 2000) |
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| APF | <abbreviation> Animal protein factor. (05 Mar 2000) |
| apgar | Short for Apgar score. (12 Dec 1998) |
| APGAR score | <paediatrics> A recording of the physical health of a newborn infant, determined after examination of the adequacy of respiration, heart action, muscle tone, skin colour and reflexes. Total numerical score is 10. (10 Jan 1998) |
| Apgar, Virginia | <person> U.S. Anaesthesiologist, 1909-1974. See: Apgar score. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphagia | Inability to eat. Origin: G. A-priv. + phago, to eat (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphakia | <ophthalmology> The loss or absence of the lens of an eye. (09 Oct 1997) |
| aphakia, postcataract | Absence of the crystalline lens resulting from cataract extraction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| aphakial | <medicine> Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aphakic eye | The eye from which the lens is absent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphakic glaucoma | Glaucoma following cataract removal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphalangia | Congenital absence of a digit, or more specifically, absence of one or more of the long bones (phalanges) of a finger or toe. Origin: G. A-priv. + phalanx (05 Mar 2000) |
| aphaniptera | <zoology> A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Invisible (priv. + to appear) + a wing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aphanipterous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| aphanisis | Loss of sexuality. Origin: G. Aphaneia, disappearance (05 Mar 2000) |