End of Life. The leading causes of infant death haven't changed in the last several years, despite advanced technology and increased focus on prenatal care. While most people would expect the rate of infant death to be decreasing rapidly, it has actually remained pretty stable since 2000.
Alba. Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland.see more on Definitions.net Â».lba. Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland. see more on Definitions.net Â».
Aqua regia is used for testing metals and dissolving platinum and gold. aqua weed cutter (s) (noun) , aqua weed cutters (pl). A device attached to the bow of a boat that can cut and clear a wide path through a weed-choked lake. aqua; aq.; a., (s) (noun) ; aquae, (pl). A reference to an aqueduct that was used to supply water to the city of Rome. During the Republic, aqueducts, and the water supplied, were cared for by water companies hired under contract by the censors. This abbreviation (aq.) is used with several adjectives that have applications for medical or pharmaceutical instructions: 1  aq. astr. ( 2 aqua astricta), frozen water. 3  aq. bull.