Beryllium is a chemical element; it has symbol Be and atomic number 4. It is a steel-gray, strong, lightweight and brittle alkaline earth metal. (Wikipedia, 2024, Beryllium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryllium)
A beehive or group of beehives whose management allows them to be considered as a single unit. (Adapted from WOAH, 2023. Terrestrial Animal Health Code. Glossary. https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahc/current/glossaire.pdf)
Ascus: the sac-like cell of the sexual state of a member of the Ascomycota in which the ascospores are produced. pl. asci. (Fungi of Australia Glossary https://www.dcceew.gov.au/science-research/abrs/online-resources/glossaries/fungi Accessed 18 July 2023)
Equine encephalosis virus (EEV) is an insect-borne orbivirus transmitted by a variety of Culicoides spp. and is closely related to bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses. (Equine Infectious Diseases (Second Edition), 2014 by Kenneth William Hinchcliff)
Apoplexy (from Ancient Greek ἀποπληξία, meaning 'a striking away') is bleeding within internal organs and the accompanying symptoms. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoplexy)
A group of disorders characterized by physiological and psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake. (MeSH. 2024. Feeding and Eating Disorders. https://meshb-prev.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D001068)
Prunus necrotic ringspot virus (PNRSV) is a plant pathogenic virus causing ring spot diseases affecting species of the genus Prunus, as well as other species such as rose (Rosa spp.) and hops (Humulus lupulus). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_necrotic_ringspot_virus)
Concretions are masses of mineral matter embedded within rock layers, including limestone, sandstone, and shale. They often take shape when minerals precipitating (settling) out of water collect around a nucleus, such as a pebble, leaf, shell, bone, or fossil. (https://geokansas.ku.edu/concretion)
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Use only for mineral deposits formed within sediments
An umbilical hernia is a discontinuity of the abdominal wall at the umbilicus with a protrusion of abdominal content into a hernia sac formed by the skin and surrounding connective tissue. (Fubini, S.L. and Ducharme, N.G. (eds) (2017) Farm animal surgery. Second edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-31665-1.00025-3)
Apple juice is the unfermented but fermentable liquid obtained from the edible part of sound, appropriately mature and fresh apples (fruit of Pyrus malus L.). or of apples maintained in sound condition by suitable means including post harvest surface treatments. (Adapted from FAO & WHO. 2022. General Standard for Fruit Juices and Nectars. Codex Standard, CXS 247-2005. Codex Alimentarius Commission. Rome. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius)
Acupuncture is a technique in which practitioners insert fine needles into the skin to treat health problems. It originated from traditional Chinese medicine but has gained popularity worldwide since the 1970s. (The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. 2022. Acupuncture: Effectiveness and Safety https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture-effectiveness-and-safety)
