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TermTypeDefinitionClassificationsUpdated
A Hundred and Ten PercentnounMWEa level of effort exceeding one's sustained capacity, seemingly above what is possibleverified
A La CarteadjectiveMWE(of a restaurant meal) having unlimited choices with a separate price for each itemcandidate
A PosterioriadjectiveMWEinvolving reasoning from facts or particulars to general principles or from effects to causescandidate
A PrioriadjectiveMWEinvolving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effectcandidate
A-Scan UltrasonographynounMWEthe use of ultrasonography to measure the length of the eyeballverified
Aba Transit NumbernounMWEan identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associationsverified
Abatable NuisancenounMWEa nuisance that can remedied (suppressed or extinguished or rendered harmless)verified
Abatement of a NuisancenounMWE(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisanceverified
Abdominal Aortic AneurysmnounMWEan aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertensionverified
Abdominal BreathingnounMWEbreathing in which most of the respiratory effort is done by the abdominal musclesverified
Abdominal DeliverynounMWEthe delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way)verified
Abdominal External Oblique MusclenounMWEa diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torsoverified
Abdominal Nerve PlexusnounMWEa large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomachverified
Ablative CasenounMWEthe case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verbverified
Able to Get a Word in EdgewiseadjectiveMWEable to participate in the conversation, or interrupt another person's monologue, often preceded by a negativecandidate
Abrading StonenounMWEa primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abraderverified
Abruptio PlacentaenounMWEa disorder of pregnancy in which the placenta prematurely separates from the wall of the uterusverified
Absence SeizurenounMWEthe occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.verified
Absentee BallotnounMWEa ballot that is cast while absent, usually mailed in prior to election dayverified
Absolute CeilingnounMWEthe maximum altitude at which an airplane can maintain horizontal flightverified
Absolute MagnitudenounMWE(astronomy) the magnitude that a star would have if it were viewed from a distance of 10 parsecs (32.62 light years) from the earthverified