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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisnounMWEthickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cordverified
Anabolic SteroidnounMWEany of a group of synthetic steroid hormones used to stimulate muscle and bone growthverified
Anaclitic DepressionnounMWEsevere and progressive depression in infants who lose their mother and do not get a suitable substituteverified
Anal PersonalitynounMWE(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserveverified
Anal PhasenounMWE(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learnedverified
Anal RetentiveadjectiveMWEa stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal regioncandidate
Anal Retentive PersonalitynounMWE(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserveverified
Anal StagenounMWE(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learnedverified
Analog ComputernounMWEa computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)verified
Analog-To-Digital ConverternounMWEdevice for converting analogue signals into digital signalsverified
Analogue ComputernounMWEa computer that represents information by variable quantities, such as positions or voltagesverified
Analysis of VariancenounMWEa statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more meansverified
Analysis SitusnounMWEthe branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directionsverified
Analytic ThinkingnounMWEthe abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relationsverified
Analytical BalancenounMWEa beam balance of great precision used in quantitative chemical analysisverified
Analytical ReviewnounMWEan auditing procedure based on ratios among accounts and tries to identify significant changesverified
analyze candidate architecturesverbMWEevaluate and compare potential system designs or structuresverified
Anamnestic ReactionnounMWErenewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigenverified
Anamnestic ResponsenounMWErenewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigenverified
Anaphylactic ShocknounMWEa severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposureverified
Anapsid ReptilenounMWEprimitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skullverified
Ancien RegimenounMWEa political and social system that no longer governs (especially the system that existed in France before the French Revolution)verified
Ancient HistorynounMWEknowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinenceverified
Ancient PinenounMWEsmall slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pineverified
Anconeous MusclenounMWEthe muscle that extends the forearm and abducts the ulna in pronation of the wristverified
Androgenic HormonenounMWEmale sex hormone that is produced in the testes and responsible for typical male sexual characteristicsverified
Angel SharknounMWEsharks with broad flat bodies and winglike pectoral fins but that swim the way sharks doverified
Angel-Wing BegonianounMWESouth American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowersverified
Angel's TrumpetnounMWESouth American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowersverified
Angelus BellnounMWEthe sound of a bell rung in Roman Catholic churches to announce the time when the Angelus should be recitedverified
Angina PectorisnounMWEa heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen to the heartverified
Angiogenesis InhibitornounMWEa drug that is designed to prevent the growth of blood vessels that nourish tumorsverified
Angiotensin Converting EnzymenounMWEproteolytic enzyme that converts angiotensin I into angiotensin IIverified
Angiotensin InounMWEa physiologically inactive form of angiotensin that is the precursor to angiotensin IIverified
Angiotensin II InhibitornounMWEan agent that retards or restrains the action of angiotensin IIverified
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitornounMWEan antihypertensive drug that blocks the formation of angiotensin II in the kidney, leading to relaxation of the arteriesverified
Angle BracketnounMWEeither of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual materialverified
Angle of AttacknounMWEthe acute angle between the direction of the undisturbed relative wind and the chord of an airfoilverified
Angle of DipnounMWE(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizonverified
Angle of ExtinctionnounMWEthe angle from its axis that a crystal must be rotated before appearing maximally dark when viewed in polarized lightverified
Angle of IncidencenounMWEthe angle that a line makes with a line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidenceverified
Angle of InclinationnounMWE(geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)verified
Angle of ReflectionnounMWEthe angle between a reflected ray and a line perpendicular to the reflecting surface at the point of incidenceverified
Angle of RefractionnounMWEthe angle between a refracted ray and a line perpendicular to the surface between the two media at the point of refractionverified