| Fp | frontal polar electrode placement in electroencephalography |
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| EPI/STAR | echo planar imaging with signal targeting and alternating radiofrequency |
| STAR | Specialty Training and Advanced Research [NIH] |
| PB | polar body |
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| StAR | Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory |
| STAR | Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein |
| polar star | One of the figures forming the diaster. Synonym: polar star. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| brittle star | Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| venous star | A small, red nodule formed by a dilated vein in the skin; caused by increased venous pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| water star grass | <botany> An aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with grassy leaves, and yellow star-shaped blossoms. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mother star | The single star figure at the end of prophase in mitosis. Synonym: mother star. Origin: mono-+ G. Aster, star (05 Mar 2000) |
| sea star | <zoology> A starfish, or brittle star. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| star | To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle; as, a robe starred with gems. "A sable curtain starred with gold." Origin: Starred; Starring. 1. One of the innumerable luminous bodies seen in the heavens; any heavenly body other than the sun, moon, comets, and nebulae. "His eyen twinkled in his head aright, As do the stars in the frosty night." (Chaucer) The stars are distinguished as planets, and fixed stars. See Planet, Fixed stars under Fixed, and Magnitude of a star under Magnitude. 2. The polestar; the north star. 3. <astronomy> A planet supposed to influence one's destiny; (usually pl) a configuration of the planets, supposed to influence fortune. "O malignant and ill-brooding stars." (Shak) "Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury." (Addison) 4. That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor. "On whom . . . Lavish Honor showered all her stars." (Tennyson) 5. Specifically, a radiated mark in writing or printing; an asterisk [thus, ]; used as a reference to a note, or to fill a blank where something is omitted, etc. 6. <chemistry> A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc, which, exploding of a air, presents a starlike appearance. 7. A person of brilliant and attractive qualities, especially on public occasions, as a distinguished orator, a leading theatrical performer, etc. Star is used in the formation of compound words generally or obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed. Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting star, etc. See Blazing, Double, etc. <astronomy> Nebulous star, a small well-defined circular nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star. <botany> Star anise, a polygon whose sides cut each other so as to form a star-shaped figure. Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each. "With the old flag, the true American flag, the Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the chamber in which we sit." (D. Webster) Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting. <botany> Star thistle, an aquatic plant (Schollera graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms. Origin: OE. Sterre, AS. Steorra; akin to OFries. Stera, OS. Sterro, D. Ster, OHG. Sterno, sterro, G. Stern, Icel. Stjarna, Sw. Stjerna, Dan. Stierne, Goth. Stairno, Armor. & Corn. Stern, L. Stella, Gr, Skr. Star; perhaps from a root meaning, to seater, Skr. St, L. Sternere (cf. Stratum), and originally applied to the stars as beingstrewn over the sky, or as beingscatterers or spreaders of light. 296. Cf. Aster, Asteroid, Constellation, Disaster, Stellar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| star-read | Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. "Which in star-read were wont have best insight." (Spenser) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sun star | <zoology> See Sun star, under Sun. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| daughter star | One of the figures forming the diaster. Synonym: polar star. (05 Mar 2000) |
| day-star | 1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day. "A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts." (2 Peter i. 19) 2. The sun, as the orb of day. "So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky." (Milton) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polar | Describes a feature or phenomenon occuring at the end (pole) of an object (such as a planet) or organism (such as an amoeba). <chemistry> Describes a molecular that has a permanent electric dipole. See: polar group. Compare: nonpolar, nonpolar groups. (12 Mar 1998) |
| polar amino acid | An alpha-amino acid in which the functional group attached to the alpha-carbon (i.e., R in RCH(NH2)COOH) has hydrophilic properties; e.g., serine, cysteine, homocysteine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar anaemia | A form of anaemia sometimes observed in natives of temperate climates when they migrate to the Arctic or Antarctic regions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar body | <cell biology> In animals each meiotic division of the oocyte leads to the formation of one large cell (the egg) and a small polar body as the other cell. Polar body formation is a consequence of the very eccentric position of the nucleus and the spindle. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polar cataract | A capsular cataract limited to an area of the anterior or posterior pole of the lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polar star |
Polaris: the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the little dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it
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