AtreidAny of the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.
AtreidaeCollectively, the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.
AtrekA fast-moving river that begins in the mountains of northeastern Iran and flows westward, draining into the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan.
AtreusA mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia.
AtriA legendary bard and scholar, one of nine Prajapatis, a son of Brahma, said to be ancestor of some Brahmins. Atri is one of the Saptarishi (Seven Great Sages) in the seventh, i.e. the present Manvantara.
atrialOf or pertaining to an atrium, especially the atrium of the heart.
atrializedAssociated with or joined to an atrium (of the heart)
atribacterialRelating to bacteria of the phylum Atribacterota (syn. Atribacteria).
atrichiaThe absence of hair due to congenital or acquired physical reasons.
atriohisianOf or pertaining to an atrium and the His bundle in the electrical conduction system of the heart, as (usually, more specifically) an atriohisian tract constituting an accessory tract of conduction.
AtropatenianSynonym of Atropatian (“of or relating to Atropatene/Atropatia”)
AtropatesA Persian nobleman of the 4th century BC who was satrap of Media under Darius III and retained control of northern Media (named after him Atropatian Media or simply Atropatia/Atropatene) following Alexander the Great's conquest.
atrophyA reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
atrophyingThe process by which something atrophies.
atropineAn alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
atropinicRelating to, or having similar properties to that of atropine
atropisomerAny conformer that can be isolated as a separate chemical compound and that arises from restricted rotation about a single bond, as in biaryl atropisomers. Synonym: atropoisomer.
atropoisomerAny of a group of stable molecules differing only in their conformation: a type of stereoisomer.
AtroposOne of the three Fates, or Moirae; a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the cutter of the thread of life, depicted as an old woman. Her Roman counterpart is Morta.
atroxaseAn endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.
ATrynThe brand name of the anticoagulant antithrombin manufactured by rEVO Biologics, the first medicine produced using genetically engineered animals.
atrypaceanAny brachiopod of the superfamily Atrypacea.
atrypidA lamp shell; a brachiopod of the order, sometimes suborder, †Atrypida
atrypoidrelating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
ATSAAssociation for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse.