Asteraceous
belonging to the asterasceae, an alternative name for the plant family compositae.
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- Astereognosis
the inability to determine the shape of an object by touching or feeling it. noun inability to recognize objects by touch astereognosis a·ster·e·og·no·sis (ə-stěr’ē-ŏg-nō’sĭs, -stēr’-) n. the inability to determine the form of an object by touch.
- Asterion
asterion asterion as·te·ri·on (ās-tēr’ē-ŏn’, -ən) n. the junction of the lambdoid, occipitomastoid, and parietomastoid sutures on the skull. historical examples pausanias represents asterion, whose tomb is said to have been discovered in lydia, as a son of anac, and of an enormous size. a new system; or, an -n-lysis of antient mythology. volume i. jacob […]
- Asteriated
exhibiting asterism. historical examples it is also known as “the star sapphire” and “the asteriated sapphire.” selections from the poems and plays of robert browning robert browning cymophane, or chatoyant chrysoberyl, may also be asteriated. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 2, slice 7 various such stones are called star or asteriated sapphires or rubies, and […]
- Asterixis
asterixis asterixis as·ter·ix·is (ās’tə-rĭk’sĭs) n. an abnormal tremor consisting of involuntary jerking movements, especially in the hands, frequently occurring with impending hepatic coma and other forms of metabolic encephalopathy. also called flapping tremor.
- Asternal
not reaching to or connected with the sternum. adjective (anatomy) not connected or joined to the sternum lacking a sternum asternal a·ster·nal (ā-stûr’nəl, ə-stûr’-) adj. not related to or connected with the sternum, as a rib. lacking a sternum.