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Aerosol therapy revolves around a treatment using liquid medications or aerosols (fine particles dispersed in a gas or air) which is changed into a fine mist so the patient can inhale the medicine into the lungs.

Adorning is a term which means decorating with ornaments. An example would be the adorning motifs in murals or on monastery walls in Tibet, such as:

Adjustment is a general term which can pertain to:

1. Arrangement, put into the proper position;
2. Alteration by a small amount so as to fit or be right for use, e.g. the pants need adjustment to fit;

Adhesionis a characteristic in all adhesives; the force required to remove a label from a substrate after a specified period of time.

Acids are found in several household cleaning compounds, pool chemicals, solvents, wet cell batteries, and radiator flushers and cleaners. Acids, which have a pH range of 0 to 6.9, may be corrosive and produce severe burns on contact. Vinegar, which contains four to six percent acetic acid, is generally considered nontoxic.

Accommodation is defined as a sequence stratigraphic term for the amount of space available for sediment accumulation. Dominant influences on the amount of accommodation, or accommodation space, include subsidence and eustasy.

Accessory denotes an object or device aiding or contributing in a secondary way. Accessories is a general term which have something to do with supplemental or subordinate element added to another entity, appendage, or attachment ; that can be added or connected in auxiliary capacity. It may refer to:

Accordion pertains to a hand-held musical wind instrument that is made of bellows attached to two rectangular frames on which buttons are mounted and, on some models, keys resembling piano keys.