Definition of Abasic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to abasia (inability to walk).

Exact synonyms: Abatic
Partainyms: Abasia, Abasia
Derivative terms: Abasia, Abasia

Definition of Abasic

1. Adjective. (medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia ¹

2. Adjective. (genetics biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Abasic

1. 1. Affected by, or associated with, abasia; also abatic. 2. Refers to loss of pyrimidine sites in DNA. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abasic

abashed
abashedly
abashedness
abashes
abashing
abashless
abashlessly
abashment
abashments
abasht
abasi
abasia
abasia-astasia
abasia trepidans
abasias
abasic (current term)
abasing
abasingly
abask
abastard
abastarded
abastarding
abastardize
abastardized
abastardizes
abastardizing
abastards

Literary usage of Abasic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practitioner's medical dictionary by George Milbry Gould (1910)
"A., Trembling, incapacity to walk on account of trembling of the legs. abasic (ah-ba'-sik) [see abasic]. Pertaining to, or affected with, abasia. ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1891)
"as abasic, which Brissaud, in whose charge it was, distinctly says was not in his opinion abasia, but saltatory reflex spasm. In this affection there are ..."

3. A System of Instruction in Quantitative Chemical Analysis: From the Last by C. Remigius Fresenius (1879)
"Dilute the solution with water slightly acidulated with acetic acid (to prevent the precipitation of abasic salt), and precipitate with sulphuretted ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
"5, loo : Note on abasic ammonium copper sulphate (abst.), 5, 231 : Heat of hydration of salts (abst. ), 6, 189 : Modifications of sodium sulphate (abst. ..."

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