Ant, fire

Untitled Document

Art dictionary
Financial dictionary
Hollywood dictionary
Insurance dictionary
Literature dictionary
Real Estate dictionary
Tourism dictionary

Ant, fire

Ant, fire

Also called thief ants, a scourge, these red or yellow ants of small-to-medium size, originally from South America, have a severe sting that burns like fire and can trigger an allergic reaction. Avoidance and prompt treatment are essential.

RELATED TERMS
--------------------------------------

Essential
1. Something that cannot be done without. 2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an essential amino acid or an essential fatty acid. 3. Idiopathic. As in essential hypertension.

SIMILAR TERMS
--------------------------------------

PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS
--------------------------------------

Anotia
"No ear. The term ""anotia"" usually refers to congenital (from birth) absence of the external ear, the auricle, the visible part of the ear."

Anovular
Not accompanied by ovulation, the release of an ovum (egg) from the ovary. Synonymous with anovulatory.

Anovular menstruation
Menstruation without ovulation. The egg stays within the ovary and usually disintegrates but sometimes it is fertilized, resulting in a life-threatening pregnancy within the ovary.

Anoxia
1. Strictly speaking, the absence of oxygen. 2. The near absence of oxygen. 3. Sometimes used loosely as a synonym for hypoxia.

Anoxic
Pertaining to anoxia, an absence or near absence of oxygen.

Ant, fire

Antagonist
"In biochemistry, an antagonist acts against and blocks an action. For example, insulin lowers the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood, whereas another hormone called glucagon raises it; therefore, insulin and glucagon are antagonists. An antagonist is the opposite of an agonist which stimulates an action. Antagonists and agonists are key players in pharmacology and in the chemistry of the human body."

Antean
Exceptionally strong or large. A multi-vitamin pill may, for example, be of Antean proportions.

Antegrade
Forward-moving. As in blood flow. Sometimes synonymous with anterograde.

Antegrade amnesia
Amnesia in which the loss of memory relates to events that occur after a traumatic event. There is inability to recall new information. Old information can be recalled. Antegrade amnesia may follow brain trauma. Also called anterograde amnesia. This type of amnesia is in contrast to retrograde amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events that occurred before a traumatic event.

Antenatal surgery
The surgical treatment of the fetus before birth. Also called prenatal surgery or, most often, fetal surgery.

We thank you for using the Health Dictionary to search for Ant, fire. If you have a better definition for Ant, fire than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Ant, fire may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Ant, fire and any other medical topic for the public at large.

This dictionary contains 59020 terms.

ant,fire / nt, fire / at, fire / an, fire / ant fire / ant,fire / ant, ire / ant, fre / ant, fie / ant, fir / aant, fire / annt, fire / antt, fire / ant,, fire / ant, fire / ant, ffire / ant, fiire / ant, firre / ant, firee / qnt, fire / wnt, fire / snt, fire / xnt, fire / znt, fire / abt, fire / aht, fire / ajt, fire / amt, fire / a t, fire / an5, fire / an6, fire / any, fire / anh, fire / ang, fire / anf, fire / anr, fire / an4, fire / ant, rire / ant, tire / ant, gire / ant, bire / ant, vire / ant, cire / ant, dire / ant, eire / ant, fre / ant, fi4e / ant, fi5e / ant, fite / ant, fige / ant, fife / ant, fide / ant, fiee / ant, fi3e / ant, fir3 / ant, fir4 / ant, firr / ant, firf / ant, fird / ant, firs / ant, firw /