<biochemistry> A class of organic molecules that containing an amino group and can combine in linear arrays to form proteins in living organisms. There are twenty common amino acids: alanine, arginine, aspargine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, prol [..]

Endemic anaemia of ancient Egypt, ascribed in the Papyrus Ebers to intestinal infestation with ancylostoma; now called ancylostomiasis. (05 Mar 2000)

<audio> (AAC) A successor to MP3, allowing lower bit rates and more stable quality. See MPEG-2 AAC Low Profile and MPEG-4 AAC Main Profile. Acronym: AAC (01 Jun 2001)

2-amino-1,6-hexanedioic acid;an intermediate of lysine biosynthesis in higher fungi and bacteria, but not in algae and higher plants. Also in degradation of lysine in mammals. Abbreviation: Aad (05 Mar 2000)

<programming language> <computer architecture, parallel> (AADL) A language allowing concise modular specification of multiprocessor architectures from the compiler/operating-system interface level down to chip level. AADL is rich enough to specify target architectures while providing a concise model for clocked microarchitectures. [&quo [..]

<acronym> 1. 2-acetylaminofluorene. 2. 2-acetamidofluorene. (05 Mar 2000)

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<organisation> <organisation> (AAP) A group engaged in standardisation efforts in document preparation. Acronym: AAP (01 May 2000)

<computing standard> A DTD for a standard SGML document type for scientific documents, defined by the Association of American Publishers. (01 Mar 1994)