aspiration |
1. <physiology> The act of inhaling. 2. <psychology> Strong desires to accomplish something. This usually pertains to greater values or high ideals. Origin: L. Spirare = to breathe (27 Jun 1999) |
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aspiration biopsy |
Removal of a sample of tissue from the breast using a wide-core needle with suction. (09 Oct 1997) |
aspiration pneumonia |
<chest medicine> Refers to the inappropriate passage of food, water, stomach acid, vomit or another foreign material into the lungs. Aspiration, particularly involving gastric acid, will often result in a serious pneumonia. (27 Sep 1997) |
aspirator |
<dentistry> A tube like a straw which the dentist puts in your mouth to suck up all the saliva. (08 Jan 1998) |
aspiratory |
Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
aspire |
1. To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality. "Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel." (Pope) 2. To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar. "My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire." (Waller) Origin: F. Aspirer, L. Aspirare. See Aspirate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
aspirin |
<drug> Acetyl salicylate. An analgesic, antipyretic and antinflammatory drug. It is a potent cyclooxygenase inhibitor and blocks the formation of prostaglandins from arachidonic acid. (18 Nov 1997) |
asplenia |
Congenital absence of the spleen. Functional asplenia, absence of splenic function due to spontaneous infarction of the spleen, as occurs in sickle cell anaemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
asplenia / polysplenia |
<radiology> Probably different degrees of the same disorder, asplenia, more severe, Heinz and Howell-Jolly bodies, polysplenia (12 Dec 1998) |
asplenia syndrome |
<syndrome> Syndrome seen in patients who had no functional spleen, either due to surgical removal of disease (e.g., sickle cell anaemia); includes increased susceptibility to bacterial infection, especially pneumococcal infection. (05 Mar 2000) |
asplenic |
Having no spleen. (05 Mar 2000) |
asporogenous |
Not producing spores. Origin: G. A-priv. + sporos, seed, + -gen, production (05 Mar 2000) |
asporous |
Incapable of producing spores. Origin: G. A-priv. + sporos, seed (05 Mar 2000) |
asporulate |
Nonsporeforming. (05 Mar 2000) |
aspulvinone dimethylallyltransferase |
<enzyme> Catalyses the transfer of the dimethylallyl moiety from dimethylallylpyrophosphate to either of the two aromatic rings of aspulvinone Registry number: EC 2.5.1.35 Synonym: dimethylallyl pyrophosphate-aspulvinone dimethylallyltransferase, aspulvinone-dma-transferase (26 Jun 1999) |
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aspirate
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Withdraw fluid or cells through the use of suction - usually the suction produced by pulling back on the plunger of a syringe attached to a needle which is inserted into the area to be sampled. Also the breathing in of a fluid or foreign substances.
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aspect
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the direction a slope faces (north, south, etc.).
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asporogenous
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not forming spores; of yeasts, those without a known teleomorph. cf. sporogenous.
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aspirator
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[asp-PER-ray-tor] a simple suction device for picking up small insects, make out of a small bottle, a cork, and two pieces of tubing.
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aspiration
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Removal of fluids by suction from cavities such as the nose, throat or lungs; also, the inhalation into the lungs of fluids, such as water in drowning or stomach contents in vomiting.
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