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Pronunciation (ă-dik′shŭn)
Font SizeA A A Habitual psychological or physiologic dependence on a substance or practice that is beyond voluntary control.
[L. ad-dico, pp. -dictus, consent, fr. ad- + dico, to say]

add.
Font SizeA A A Abbreviation for L. adde, add; L. addantur, let them be added; addendus, to be added; and addendo, by adding.

ADA
Font SizeA A A Abbreviation for adenosine deaminase; American Dental Association; Americans with Disabilities Act.

a disorder in which the symptoms of schizophrenia occur abruptly; they may subside or become chronic.
Syn: acute schizophrenic episode

Pronunciation (ă-kyūt′)
Font SizeA A A Referring to a health effect, usually of rapid onset, brief, not prolonged; sometimes loosely used to mean severe.
Referring to exposure, brief, intense, short-term; sometimes specifically referring to brief exposure of high intensity.
[L. acutus, sharp]

Pronunciation (ak′yū-punk′chŭr)
Font SizeA A A An ancient Asian system of therapy in which long, fine needles are inserted into discrete areas of the body that are considered linked to symptoms or disease.
More recently, acupuncture anesthesia or analgesia.
[L. acus, needle, + puncture]

Everyday routines generally involving functional mobility and personal care, such as bathing, dressing, toileting, and meal preparation. An inability to perform these renders one dependent on others, resulting in a self-care deficit. A major goal of occupational therapy is to enable the client to perform activities of daily living. See also: instrumental activities of daily […]

See: acquired immunity

action tremor
Font SizeA A A Syn: intention tremor

a premalignant warty lesion occurring on the sun-exposed skin of the face or hands in aged light-skinned persons; hyperkeratosis may form a cutaneous horn, and squamous cell carcinoma of low-grade malignancy may develop in a small proportion of untreated patients.
Syn: senile keratoderma, senile keratoma, senile keratosis, keratosis senilis, senile wart, solar keratosis, verruca plana senilis, […]