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| Terms for subject Environment (5293 entries) |
| AIDS | AIDS (aquired immune deficiency syndrome; The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by HIV-virus manifested by opportunistic infections and/or malignancies, and the mortality rate is very high. The syndrome results from a breakdown of the body's disease-fighting mechanism that leaves it defenceless against infections, such as pulmonary tuberculosis, Pneumocystis pneumonia, certain blood infections, candidiasis, invasive cervical cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma or any of over 20 other indicator diseases. No effective treatment is available. A striking feature of AIDS is the wide spectrum and frequency of infections with life-threatening pathogens seldom seen in normal hosts. The illness may begin with insidious signs and symptoms, and the process may be more diffuse than when the same conditions are seen in other immune-compromised patients. Four patterns of disease occur in AIDS patients. The pulmonary pattern, the central nervous system pattern, the gastrointestinal pattern, and the pattern of fever of unknown origin. Most patientswho recover from a given opportunistic infection subsequently either have a relapse or develop a new type of infection. Many patients continue to have a wasting syndrome and experience such infections as oral thrush. Feelings of depression and isolation are common among AIDS patients and can be intensified if health care workers display fear of the syndrome) | |
| aile | family (A group comprising parents, offsprings and others closely related or associated with them) | |
| aile hukuku | family law (Branch of specialty of law, also denominated "domestic relations" law, concerned with such subjects as adoption, annulment, divorce, separation, paternity, custody, support and child care) | |
| aile planlaması | family planning (The control of the number of children in a family and of the intervals between them, especially by the use of contraceptives) | |
| akarsu | flowing water (Moving waters like rivers and streams) | |
| akarsu | watercourse (A natural stream arising in a given drainage basin but not wholly dependent for its flow on surface drainage in its immediate area, flowing in a channel with a well-defined bed between visible banks or through a definite depression in the land, having a definite and permanent or periodic supply of water, and usually, but not necessarily, having a perceptible current in a particular direction and discharging at a fixed point into another body of water) | |
| akarsu yatağı | river bed (The channel containing or formerly containing the water of a river) | |
| akarsu yönetimi | river management (The administration or handling of a waterway or a stream of flowing water) | |
| akarsudan elde edilen kaynaklar | fluvial resource (Any source of supply derived from a river, particularly its water, which is collected, stored and treated, then distributed for domestic, industrial, farm and other uses) | |
| akaryakıt istasyonu | filling station (A place where petrol and other supplies for motorists are sold) | |
| Akdeniz | Mediterranean Sea (The largest inland sea between Europe, Africa and Asia, linked to the Atlantic Ocean at its western end by the Strait of Gibraltar, including the Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Aegean and Ionian seas, and major islands such as Sicily, Sardina, Corsica, Crete, Malta and Cyprus) | |
| Akdeniz ağaçları | Mediterranean wood (A plant formation found in the Mediterranean area comprising mainly lowgrowing, xerophilous evergreen trees and shrubs. It results mainly from the deterioration of the original vegetation by grazing and burning) | |
| Akdeniz Bölgesi | Mediterranean Area (The collective islands and countries of the inland sea between Europe, Africa and Asia that is linked to the Atlantic Ocean at its western end by the Strait of Gibraltar and includes the Tyrrhenian, Adriatic, Aegean and Ionian seas) | |
| Akdeniz iklimi | Mediterranean climate (A type of climate characterized by hot, dry, sunny summers and a winter rainy season; basically, this is the opposite of a monsoon climate. Also known as etesian climate) | |
| Akdeniz ormanları | Mediterranean forest (Type of forest found in the Mediterranean area comprising mainly xerophilous evergreen trees) | |
| akifer | aquifer (Layers of rock, sand or gravel that can absorb water and allow it to flow. An aquifer acts as a groundwater reservoir when the underlying rock is impermeable. This may be tapped by wells for domestic, agricultural or industrial use. A serious environmental problem arises when the aquifer is contaminated by the seepage of sewage or toxins from waste dumps. If the groundwater in coastal areas is over-used salt water can seep into the aquifer) | |
| akım ölçümü | stream measurement (The quantitative determination of the rate and amount of flow or discharge from a natural body of running water, such as a small river or brook) | |
| akıntı | flow (The forward continuous movement of a fluid through closed or open channels or conduits) | |
| akıntı rejimi | discharge regime (The rate of flow of a river at a particular moment in time, related to its volume and its velocity) | |
| akış alanı | flow field (The velocity and the density of a fluid as functions of position and time) |