acupressure
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~ treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
acupuncture
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~ treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skin
acute
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~ a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
acute accent
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~ a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
acuteness
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~ a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
acuteness
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~ the quality of having a sharp edge or point
acuteness
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~ a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
acyclovir
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~ an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
acyl
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~ any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
acylation
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~ the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound
acylglycerol
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~ an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid"
ad
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~ a public promotion of some product or service
ADA
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~ an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study"
adactylia
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~ congenital absence of fingers and/or toes