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61Prosthetic — Referring to a prosthesis, an artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the palate, a hip, a knee or another joint, the leg, an arm, etc. A prosthesis is designed for functional or cosmetic… …
62achordate, achordal — Referring to animal forms below the Chordata that do not develop a notochord or chorda …
63adiabatic — Referring to a thermodynamic process in which there is no gain or loss of heat between the system and its surroundings. [G. adiabatos, impassable, fr. a priv. + diabaino, to go through] …
64adrenoceptive — Referring to chemical sites in effectors with which the adrenergic mediator unites. Cf.:cholinoceptive. * * * adre·no·cep·tive (ə dre″no sepґtiv) pertaining to the sites on effector organs that are acted upon by adrenergic transmitters …
65amphibolic — Referring to reactions or biologic pathways that serve in both biosynthesis and degradation ( i.e., anabolism and catabolism). [amphi + metabolic] * * * am·phi·bol·ic .am(p) fə bäl ik adj having an uncertain or irregular outcome used of stages in …
66anacrotic — Referring to the upstroke or ascending limb of the arterial pulse tracing; an abbreviated form for anadicrotic, twice beating on the upstroke. SYN: anadicrotic. * * * ana·crot·ic (an″ə krotґik) 1. pertaining to the ascending limb of a… …
67anality — Referring to the psychic organization derived from, and characteristic of, the freudian anal period of psychosexual development. * * * anal·i·ty ā nal ət ē n, pl t …
68anaplerotic — Referring to reactions or pathways that contribute to anaplerosis. * * * ana·ple·rot·ic (an″ə plĕ rotґik) [anaplerosis] pertaining to a filling up or restoration; see under reaction …
69anatomicomedical — Referring to both medicine and anatomy. * * * ana·tom·i·co·med·i·cal (an ə tom″ĭ ko medґĭ kəl) pertaining to anatomy and medicine or to medical anatomy …
70ancylostomatic — Referring to hookworms of the genus Ancylostoma. * * * an·cy·lo·sto·mat·ic (an″kĭ lo stə matґik) (an″sĭ lo stə matґik) caused by Ancylostoma …
