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Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Sea anemone

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The order Actiniaria, in the class anthozoa, comprised of large, solitary polyps. All species are carnivorous.

Acting out

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Expressing unconscious emotional conflicts or feelings, often of hostility or love, through overt behavior.

Actiniaria

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The order Actiniaria, in the class anthozoa, comprised of large, solitary polyps. All species are carnivorous.

A disease characterised by suppurative and granulomatous lesions in the respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, skin, kidneys, joints, and other tissues. Actinobacillus lignieresii infects cattle ...

Actinobacillosis

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Actinobacillus

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A genus of pasteurellaceae described as gram-negative, nonsporeforming, nonmotile, facultative anaerobes. Most members are found both as pathogens and commensal organisms in the respiratory, ...

Actinium

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Actinium. A trivalent radioactive element and the prototypical member of the actinide family. It has the atomic symbol Ac, atomic number 89, and atomic weight 227.0278. Its principal isotope is 227 ...