Category: A

  • Aspire

    To breathe toward.  

  • Aspirator

    An apparatus for removing fluid or other material by suction from a body cavity or opening. An instrument used to suck fluid out of a cavity such as the mouth or the site of an operation. An apparatus for evacuating the fluid contents of a cavity. Varieties are piston pump, compressible rubber tube, rubber bulb,…

  • Aspirate

    To remove fluid from a cavity by supplying suction. To remove liquid or gas by suction from a body cavity. To inhale something, especially a liquid, into the lungs. To suction fluid from the body for examination or to reduce excess fluid. To draw in or out by suction.  

  • Aspartame

    An artificial sweetener made up of two amino acids. A protein produced form aspartic acid, used to make substances sweeter. An artificial sweetener found in soft drinks, sweets and confectionery. A nonnutritive sweetener composed of two amino acids, aspartate, and phenylalanine. Artificial sweetener made from the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Nearly 200 times…

  • Asocial molester

    Antisocial persons with long criminal records who have sexual contacts with children.  

  • Asociality

    A negative symptom in schizophrenia marked by the inability to form close relationships and to feel intimacy.  

  • Asocial

    An attitude or behavior characterized by indifference to social customs, moral codes, or acceptable social relationships.  

  • Asmt

    An acronym for American Society for Medical Technologists.  

  • Asexual reproduction

    In some lower animals, a form of procreation or reproduction that comes about by means other than sexual relations. Reproduction of a cell by cloning. Reproduction without the union of gametes, as by fission, budding, or spore formation.  

  • Asemia

    The loss of the ability to understand or communicate by signs, signals, or gestures. Inability to communicate by word or signal.