ARC AIDS-related complex; American Red Cross; anomalous retinal correspondence.
arc (ahrk)
arc
ARC,
arc [ahrk]
arc (ahrk)
1. a structure or projected path having a curved outline.
2. a visible electrical discharge taking the outline of an arc.
3. in neurophysiology, the pathway of neural reactions.
reflex arc the neural arc utilized in a reflex action; an impulse travels centrally over afferent fibers to a nerve center, and the response outward to an effector organ or part over efferent fibers. 
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Three-neuron reflex arc.
| ARC abbr. AIDS-related complex |
| arc (ärk) n. A curved line or segment of a circle. |
arc
Etymology: L, arcus, bow
a part of the circumference of a circle.
ARC,
abbreviation for AIDS-related complex.
arc [ahrk]
a part of the circumference of a circle, or a regularly curved line.
binauricular arc the arc across the top of the head from one auricular point to the other.
reflex arc the circuit traveled by impulses producing a reflex action: receptor organ, afferent nerve, nerve center, efferent nerve, effector organ in a muscle; see also reflex.
Three-neuron reflex arc. From Dorland's, 2000.
ARC,
n the abbreviation for AIDS-related complex. See also acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
arc
a part of the circumference of a circle, or a regularly curved line.
binauricular arc
the arc across the top of the head from one auricular point to the other.
reflex arc
the circuit traveled by impulses producing a reflex action: from the receptor organ, through the afferent nerve, nerve center, efferent nerve, to the effector organ.
ARC
AIDS-related complex, also 1 American Red Cross, see there 2 Association pour Recherche du Cancer, see there
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