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Atypical
Different from normal. Irregular; not conformable to the type; in microbiology, applied specifically to strains of unusual type. An adjective used to describe unusual or uncharacteristic variations of a disorder. Atypical Irregular or not of typical character. Deviating from the normal; not conforming to type. Atypical is a term utilized to describe something that deviates…
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Attenuate
Gradually narrowing over a long distance. The apex drawn out into a long gradual taper. To render thin or make less virulent. In radiology, to make less intense. To dilute or stretch; to reduce in strength.
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Atropous
Not inverted.
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Atomate
With small resinous dots or glands [unusual term].
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Atavism
(Of a taxon or organ) reversion to ancestral state; reappearance of the presumed ancestral condition. The recurrence in a descendant of genetic characteristics of a remote ancestor reversion. Throwback, development of a characteristic or disease known to have occurred in an earlier ancestor rather than in the parents. The phenomenon in which an individual has…
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Atactostele
Stele with many vascular bundles scattered irregularly in the ground tissue.
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Astylous
Without a style.
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Astemonous
Without stamens [obscure term].
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Assurgent
Curving upward; spreading at base and then curving upward to become parallel to the axis from which it springs.
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Asperulous
Slightly rough.
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