Category: A

  • Adient

    Tending to move toward a stimulus, characterized by approach responses rather than avoidance responses and characteristic of curiosity, imitation, and aggressiveness abient. Having a tendency to move toward a stimulation source, such as light or warmth.  

  • Adiadochokinesis

    A condition resulting from cerebellar lesions characterized by the inability to make coordinated successive movement.  

  • Adhesive sealant

    A substance that can be applied to the surface of the teeth to fill in the fissures that are susceptible to decay was developed in 1970 by the National Institute of Dental Research.  

  • Adequacy

    A feeling of possessing the ability to cope with one’s problems or to achieve a particular goal. The dietary regimen in question confers ample energy and ample nutrients to sufficiently address the needs of individuals in good health.  

  • Adenoidectomy

    Surgical removal of the adenoids. This operation was once commonly performed along with tonsillectomy (removal of the tonsils) but is now much less common, usually performed only when pharyngeal complications are present. The surgical removal of enlarged ADENOIDS (clusters of tissue at the back of the nose and throat), usually of a child. Adenoids are…

  • Adenohypohysis

    The anterior pituitary gland.  

  • Adenectomy

    The removal or excision of a gland. The surgical removal of a gland.  

  • A-delta fiber

    A type of nerve fiber that transmits rapidly and leads to the sensation of sharp, prickling pain, C-fiber.  

  • Adduct

    To move toward the midline as in an adductor muscle abduct; adduction. To pull a leg or arm towards the central line of the body, or to pull a toe or finger towards the central line of a leg or arm. To move a limb or any other part toward the midline of the body,…

  • Additive mixture

    In vision, the mixture of light, subtractive mixture; additive color mixture.