Athrocyte
a cell that ingests foreign particles and retains them in suspension in the cytoplasm.
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- Athwart
from side to side; crosswise. nautical. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across. broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide: a ship riding athwart. perversely; awry; wrongly. from side to side of; across. nautical. across the direction or course of. in opposition to; contrary to. historical examples […]
- Athwartships
from one side of a to the other. historical examples athwart—across, as athwartships, meaning that a thing is lying across the vessel. on yacht sailing thomas fleming day for a boat to take along, i made shift to cut a castaway dory in two athwartships, boarding up the end where it was cut. sailing alone […]
- Athymia
athymia athymia a·thy·mi·a (ə-thī’mē-ə) n. the absence of emotion; morbid imp-ssivity. the absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion. also called athymism.
- Athymism
athymism athymism a·thy·mism (ə-thī’mĭz’əm) n. see athymia.
- Athyroidism
athyroidism athyroidism a·thy·roid·ism (ā-thī’roi-dĭz’əm, ə-thī’-) or a·thy·re·a (ā-thī’rē-ə, ə-thī’-) or a·thy·ro·sis (ā’thī-rō’sĭs, āth’ī-) n. the absence of the thyroid gland or the suppression of its secretion. a’thy·rot’ic (ā’thī-rŏt’ĭk, āth’ī-) adj.