| Alligator mississippiensis | Alligators |
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| bitten | <botany> Terminating abruptly, as if bitten off; premorse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| crocodile tears | See: crocodile tears syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| crocodile tears syndrome | <syndrome> A flow of tears, usually unilateral, upon eating or the anticipation of eating; this happens when nerve fibres originally destined for a salivary gland are damaged and regrow, aberrantly, into the lacrimal gland. (05 Mar 2000) |
| struck | A bacterial disease of adult sheep in Britain caused by Clostridium perfringens type C. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sun-struck | <medicine> Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| flea-bitten kidney | The kidney seen at autopsy in some cases of bacterial endocarditis, the appearance being caused by diffuse petechial haemorrhages resulting from focal glomerulonephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alligator | 1. <zoology> A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America. 2. <mechanics> A form of squeezer for the puddle ball; <chemical> A kind of job press, called also alligator press. <botany> Alligator apple, a very large and voracious turtle (Macrochelys lacertina) in habiting the rivers of the southern United States. It sometimes reaches the weight of two hundred pounds. Unlike the common snapping turtle, to which the name is sometimes erroneously applied, it has a scaly head and many small scales beneath the tail. This name is sometimes given to other turtles, as to species of Trionyx. Alligator wood, the timber of a tree of the West Indies (Guarea Swartzii). Origin: Sp. El lagarto the lizard (el lagarto de Indias, the cayman or American crocodile), fr. L. Lacertus, lacerta, lizard. See Lizard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| alligator forceps | A long forceps with a small hinged jaw on the end. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alligator skin | <dermatology> A group of cutaneous disorders characterised by increased or aberrant keratinisation, resulting in noninflammatory scaling of the skin. Many different metaphors have been used to describe the appearance and texture of the skin in the various types and stages of ichthyosis, for example alligator, collodion, crocodile, fish and porcupine skin. most ichthyoses are genetically determined, while some may be acquired and develop in association with various systemic diseases or be a prominent feature in certain genetic syndromes. The term is commonly used alone to refer to i. Vulgaris. (18 Nov 1997) |
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