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1. ab-, comb. form View full entry 1904
...Prefixed to the names of units (esp. of electrical and magnetic quantities) in the practical system to form the names of the corresponding units in the centimetre-gram-second electromagnetic system, as abampere...
2. achromycin, n. View full entry 1952
...The antibiotic puromycin. rare. Now disused....
3. adelphophagy, n. View full entry 1901
...Biol. The union of gametes of the same sex. rare. Now disused....
4. adreno-, comb. form View full entry 1909
...Forming terms relating to the adrenal gland or adrenaline (epinephrine)....
5. aerodone, n. View full entry 1907
...A glider....
6. aerodrome, n.2 View full entry 1902
...A place where a balloon or flying machine is housed; a hangar. rare. Now disused....
7. aerovane, n. View full entry 1928
...Aeronaut. A marker for aircraft pilots consisting of a tall pole with a wind sock and indicators of compass direction and location. rare. Now disused....
8. agglutino-, comb. form View full entry 1900
...Forming terms relating to agglutination (agglutination7)....
9. agrimotor, n. View full entry 1916
...A powerful motor vehicle designed to haul agricultural equipment; a tractor....
10. allergist, n. View full entry 1915
...A person suffering from an allergy. rare. Now disused....
11. alliin, n. View full entry 1910
...A substance found in garlic, originally thought to be a glucoside (see quot. 1910). Now disused....
12. allite, n. View full entry 1930
...A lateritic soil or residual rock that is rich in alumina; (originally, now disused) spec. one in which the ratio of silica to alumina by weight is below...
13. allocentric, adj. View full entry 1909
...Med. Designating the metabolism of a tissue or organism as a whole, as opposed to that of its constituent cells. rare. Now disused....
14. allometry, n. View full entry 1912
...In the terminology of H. F. Osborn: (measurement of) the evolutionary change in the relative size of body parts, esp. in the context of skull morphology. disused. Cf. allomorphosis...
15. allosome, n. View full entry 1906
...Originally: any chromosome distinguished from ordinary chromosomes by some feature of appearance or behaviour; (in later use) spec. a sex chromosome (in a species with heterogametic sex determination). Also called...
16. allospecies, n. View full entry 1948
...Bot. A species of plant which reproduces by cross-fertilization; an allogamous species. rare (now disused)....
17. allotypic, adj. View full entry 1905
...Genetics. = meiotic1. Now disused....
18. alpha-tester, n. View full entry 1954
...Electronics. An instrument for ascertaining the ratio of the change in collector current to the corresponding change in emitter current in a transistor in a common-base configuration (the common-base current gain,...
19. alphatron, n. View full entry 1942
...A proposed name for: a cyclotron. rare. disused....
20. Alt, adj.1 and n.3 View full entry 1964
...an escape key on some types of mainframe computer....
