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auntie

Street name, slang, or code word for opium... Read More

Aurora Borealis

Street name, slang, or code word for phencyclidine (PCP)... Read More

auscultation

The act of listening to sounds occurring within anatomical structures directly or through use of an aid, such as a stethoscope or other instrument... Read More

authentication

The process of determining whether something is what it is declared to be... Read More

author

Street name, slang, or code word referring to a medical provider who writes illegal prescriptions... Read More

auto-focus

A camera or camera lens function that allows for automatic electronic focusing on the intended subject of the photograph... Read More

autoerotic

Pertaining to sexual arousal, excitement, or gratification through self-stimulation; without stimulus by another person... Read More

autoerotic asphyxiation

Restricting oxygen flow to the brain through self-induced strangulation or suffocation during masturbation in order to achieve a more intense orgasm... Read More

autonomy

The ability to control, cope with and make personal decisions about how one lives, according to one's own rules and preferences... Read More

autopsy

A diagnostic medical procedure consisting of postmortem external and internal examination of a human body; conducted by a pathologist... Read More

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