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Adul Boonthumjaroen
Adul Boonthumjaroen is a Thai politician and retired lieutenant general who has served as Thailand's Minister of Defense since 2026, after commanding the 2nd Army Area.
Adulis
Adulis, also Adule, was the principal Red Sea port of the Kingdom of Aksum, on the Bay of Zula in Eritrea, documented from the 1st century AD.
Adullam
Adullam (Hebrew עֲדֻלָּם) was a Canaanite and later Judahite city in the Judean Shephelah of central Israel, generally identified with Tel ʿAdullam, about 36 km southwest of Jerusalem.
Adult
An adult is a person or animal that is fully grown, developed, and sexually mature, carrying both a biological definition and a social one based on roles and responsibilities.
Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Adult acute lymphoblastic leukemia is a cancer of blood-forming tissue in which lymphoid precursor cells proliferate in the bone marrow, with far worse outcomes than in children.
Adult acute respiratory distress syndrome
Adult acute respiratory distress syndrome (adult ARDS) is acute hypoxemic respiratory failure from diffuse inflammatory lung injury, defined by the 2024 Global Definition building on the 2012 Berlin criteria, with 30-50% mortality.
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale
The Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) is a questionnaire developed for WHO surveys that screens adults for ADHD symptoms, serving as a first-stage screen rather than a diagnostic tool.
Adult adoption
Adult adoption: a court procedure making one adult the legal child of another, creating inheritance and parent-child rights. Also called adoption of adults. Varies by US state; requires adoptee consent; does not confer immigration benefits.
Adult animation
Adult animation: animated programming with narrative content made for adult audiences, distinct from children's animation by story rather than visuals. From The Simpsons and Adult Swim to the streaming era, US demand grew 151.6% between 2020 and 2023.
Adult atopic eczema
Adult atopic eczema (adult atopic dermatitis, ICD-11 EA80.2) is chronic itchy eczema beginning or persisting in adulthood; one in four adult patients report adult onset, with distinct distribution, mimics, and biologic treatments.
Adult Attachment Interview
The Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) is a semi-structured interview, introduced by Mary Main and colleagues in 1985, that classifies adults' attachment states of mind from discourse coherence.
Adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Adult ADHD is persistent or newly recognized attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults, defined by DSM-5 behavioral criteria with childhood onset, affecting about 6% of U.S. adults, treated with stimulants, atomoxetine, and CBT.
Adult Best Friends
Adult Best Friends (2024) is an American comedy directed by Delaney Buffett, co-written with and starring Katie Corwin as fictionalized versions of themselves; premiered at Tribeca, streamed on Max from May 2, 2025.
Adult congenital heart disease
Adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) is the specialized lifelong care of adults born with heart defects, who face ongoing risks from their anatomy and childhood surgeries.
Adult Contemporary (chart)
Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, begun July 17, 1961 as Easy Listening and renamed in 1979, ranks songs by AC radio airplay audience impressions from a Mediabase-measured panel of over 80 stations via Luminate; record reigns include Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" (37 weeks).
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary (AC) music: soft, lyric-focused popular music for listeners 25–55, a US radio format and Billboard chart since 1961 (Easy Listening, renamed 1979). Records: Elton John 16 No. 1s; 'Girls Like You' 36 weeks on top.
Adult Diapers
Adult diapers, also called adult briefs or incontinence products, are absorbent garments containing urine or fecal leakage in incontinent adults. Evolved from mid-1900s disposable briefs; super-absorbent polymers from the late 1980s; distinct from baby diapers in sizing and designs.
Adult DVD
Adult DVD is a six-piece dance-punk band from Leeds, England, formed in 2020 lockdown by Harry Hanson and Greg Lonsdale. Known for synth-heavy rave-punk and comic characters, it released EPs Fountain of Youth and Next Day Shipping before its self-titled 2026 debut album on Fat Possum Records.
Adult education
Adult education: learning opportunities for adults to improve literacy, skills, and competencies, also called adult learning and education (ALE). Defined by ISCED 2011 and UNESCO's 2015 Recommendation; monitored through UNESCO's GRALE reports and OECD surveys, with persistent unequal participation.
Adult FriendFinder
Adult FriendFinder (AFF, AdultFriendFinder.com) is an adult dating and social networking site launched in 1996 by Andrew Conru under FriendFinder Networks, using free browsing with paid Gold messaging, known for its scale and its 2016 breach of 339 million accounts.
Adult hepatocellular carcinoma
Adult hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), primary liver cancer arising on cirrhosis in over 80% of cases; sixth most common cancer worldwide. Covers surveillance with ultrasound plus AFP, BCLC staging, transplant, ablation, TACE, and first-line immunotherapy combinations including atezolizumab-bevacizumab and nivolumab-ipilimumab.
Adult human female
"Adult human female" is a phrase employed as a definition of "woman": that a woman is an adult human female, and that female is the sex producing eggs (ova).
Adult movie theater
Adult movie theater: a cinema screening sexually explicit films to adult-only patrons; American heyday 1960s-1980s, 780 theaters and $450 million in ticket sales in 1978, shaped by Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton and Young v. American Mini-Theatres, then killed by zoning, AIDS, and home video.
Adult neurogenesis
Adult neurogenesis is the production of functional new neurons in the adult brain, occurring mainly in the hippocampus and debated for humans, with recent single-cell studies finding progenitors.
Adult Refsum disease
Adult Refsum disease, also called classic Refsum disease, is a rare autosomal recessive peroxisomal disorder (PHYH, PEX7) causing phytanic acid accumulation, retinitis pigmentosa, anosmia, neuropathy, and hearing loss, treated with a low-phytanic-acid diet.
Adult rumination syndrome
Adult rumination syndrome (ICD-11 DD90.6, merycism): effortless postprandial regurgitation of food that is re-chewed and re-swallowed, caused by inadvertent abdominal wall contraction; often misdiagnosed as refractory GERD; treated with diaphragmatic breathing.
Adult Swim
Adult Swim ([adult swim]) is the American adult-oriented TV network brand launched September 2, 2001 as Cartoon Network's late-night block for 18-34 viewers, airing nightly 5 p.m.-6 a.m. ET/PT, known for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, and Toonami.
Adult Swim Yule Log
Adult Swim Yule Log is a 2022 American comedy-horror film directed by Chris "Casper" Kelly, disguised as a yule log video before revealing a haunted cabin story.
Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out
Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin' Out (2024) is Casper Kelly's surprise horror-comedy sequel to Adult Swim Yule Log, premiering midnight December 6, 2024, in which Andrea Laing's Zoe flees the murderous log into a Hallmark-style small-town romance parody.
Adult Swim's The Elephant
Adult Swim's The Elephant is a 2025 American animated television special. It was created by four prominent animation creators who worked independently in the style of exquisite corpse.