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Adaptation
- noun -
- (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
- a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel"
- alteration
Aglutition
- - Inability to swallow; dysphagia.
Amputation
- noun - a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
- a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
Annotation
- noun - a comment or instruction (usually added); "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope"
- the act of adding notes
Appetition
- - Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something.
Argutation
- - Caviling; subtle disputation.
Arietation
- - The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.
Capitation
- noun - a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person
Cavitation
- unknown - 1. The sudden formation and collapse of low-pressure bubbles in liquids by means of mechanical forces, such as those resulting from rotation of a marine propeller.
2. The pitting of a solid surface.
3. Medicine The formation of cavities in a body tissue
Coaptation
- - The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.