acrolein
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～ a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
acromegalia
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～ enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
acromegaly
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～ enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
acromicria
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～ abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes)
acromikria
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～ abnormally small extremities (underdeveloped fingers and toes)
acromion
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～ the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
acromphalus
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～ abnormal protrusion of the navel; sometimes the start of umbilical hernia
acromyotonia
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～ myotonia of the extremities only; causes spastic deformity of the hand or foot
acronym
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～ a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization"; "the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)"
acrophobia
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～ a morbid fear of great heights
acrophony
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～ naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
acropolis
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～ the citadel in ancient Greek towns
acropora
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～ coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals
acrosome
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～ a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
acrostic
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～ a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
acrostic
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～ verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Acrostichum
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～ in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae
acrylamide
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～ a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed that acrylamide is produced when certain carbohydrates are baked or fried at high temperatures"
acrylate
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～ a salt or ester of propenoic acid
acrylic acid
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～ an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins