amputation
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～ a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
amputator
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～ a surgeon who removes part or all of a limb
amputee
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～ someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
amrinone
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～ a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium
Amsinckia
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～ rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks
Amsonia
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～ genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America
Amsterdam
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～ an industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum
amulet
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～ a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease
amun
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～ a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes
Amundsen
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～ Norwegian explorer who was the first to traverse the Northwest Passage and in 1911 the first to reach the South Pole (1872-1928)
amur
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～ an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
AMusD
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～ a doctor's degree in musical arts
amusement
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～ a feeling of delight at being entertained
amusement
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～ an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
amygdala
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～ an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior
Amygdalaceae
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～ used in former classifications for plum and peach and almond trees which are now usually classified as members of the genus Prunus
amygdalin
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～ a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds
amygdaloid
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～ volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits
amygdalotomy
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～ psychosurgery in which amygdaloid fibers that mediate limbic system activity are severed (in cases of extreme uncontrollable violence)
Amygdalus
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～ used in former classifications for peach and almond trees which are now included in genus Prunus