Nesselrode pudding
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
nail pulling
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed
nonthrombocytopenic purpura
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ purpura resulting from a defect in the capillaries caused by bacteria or drugs
Nycticebus pygmaeus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ stocky lemur of southeastern Asia
Nor-Q-D
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ trade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone
numerical quantity
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a quantity expressed as a number
numbers racket
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an illegal daily lottery
naval radar
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ naval equipment consisting of a shipboard radar
nervus radialis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ largest branch of the brachial plexus; extends down the humerus to the lateral epicondyle where it divides into one branch that goes to the skin on the back of the hand and another that goes to the underlying extensor muscles
neutron radiation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ radiation of neutrons (as by a neutron bomb)
nonparticulate radiation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge
nodes of Ranvier
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ small gaps in the myelin sheath of medullated axons
nettle rash
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
naked mole rat
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ fetal-looking colonial rodent of East Africa; neither mole nor rat; they feed on tubers and have a social structure similar to that of honeybees and termites
Norway rat
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
neonatal mortality rate
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the death rate during the first 28 days of life
Nyquist rate
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (telecommunication) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal
night raven
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ nocturnal or crepuscular herons