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ADULT syndrome
ADULT syndrome, short for acro-dermato-ungual-lacrimal-tooth syndrome, is a rare genetic ectodermal dysplasia caused by TP63 mutations, marked by limb malformations, excessive freckling, and defects of teeth, nails, and breasts.
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is a rare mature T-cell malignancy caused by HTLV-1, affecting 2 to 5 percent of carriers and treated with chemotherapy or observation by subtype.
Adult television channels in the United Kingdom
Adult television channels in the UK, such as Playboy TV, The Adult Channel, Red Hot TV and Television X, are Ofcom-licensed subscription or pay-per-view services restricted to 22:00-05:30 behind mandatory restricted access, carried on Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk, Freeview and Freesat.
Adult Trainee (어른연습생)
Adult Trainee (어른연습생) is a 2021 TVING original South Korean comedy-romance web drama, 7 episodes aired Fridays November 12-26, 2021, about three high schoolers' love and sexual concerns, starring Ryoo Ui-hyun, (G)I-DLE's Miyeon, and Ryeoun.
Adult trematode
The adult trematode, or adult fluke, is the sexually mature, egg-producing stage of a parasitic flatworm; most are hermaphrodites shedding thousands of eggs daily for years.
Adult World
Adult World is a 2013 American indie comedy, also called the Scott Coffey film starring Emma Roberts and John Cusack, about poet wannabe Amy working in a Syracuse sex shop; it premiered at Tribeca 2013 and was released by IFC in 2014.
Adult-onset atopic dermatitis
Adult-onset atopic dermatitis is atopic dermatitis whose first symptoms appear after age 16 or 18 rather than in childhood, accounting for roughly a quarter of adult cases.
Adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy
Adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy (ADLD, OMIM 169500) is a rare LMNB1-duplication demyelinating disorder starting in the fourth to sixth decade with autonomic dysfunction, ataxia, and spasticity, often mimicking primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
Adult-onset autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia
Adult-onset autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia, also known as SCAR10 or ARCA3, is a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease caused by ANO10 variants, causing progressive gait ataxia, dysarthria, and cerebellar atrophy.
Adult-onset cervical dystonia, DYT23 type
Adult-onset cervical dystonia, DYT23 type (ORPHA:420492, Dystonia 23) is a rare autosomal dominant isolated dystonia from CIZ1 mutations at 9q34, causing adult-onset non-progressive focal cervical dystonia with torticollis, sometimes head and limb tremor; prevalence under 1 in 1,000,000, OMIM 614860.
Adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy
Adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy (AOFVD, Gass disease, pseudo-Best disease) is a rare macular pattern dystrophy with a yellow egg-yolk-like foveal lesion, adult onset, mostly sporadic inheritance, and slow vision loss.
Adult-onset immunodeficiency
Adult-onset immunodeficiency with anti-interferon-gamma autoantibodies (AIGA-associated AOID, acquired adult-onset immunodeficiency) is a rare acquired immunodeficiency in HIV-negative adults, first identified in 2004, in which neutralizing anti-IFN-γ autoantibodies block JAK-STAT1 macrophage activation, causing disseminated NTM, Talaromyces marneffei, and Salmonella infections, mainly in HLA-susceptible Southeast Asian adults.
Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia
ALSP (formerly HDLS and POLD) is a rare adult-onset, autosomal dominant white matter disease caused by CSF1R mutations, causing dementia, parkinsonism, seizures, and early death.
Adult-onset nemaline myopathy
Adult-onset nemaline myopathy, also called SLONM in its acquired form, is a rare rod-bearing muscle disease beginning between ages 20 and 50 or later, marked by proximal weakness, nemaline rods on biopsy, and MGUS association.
Adult-onset Still's disease
Adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD), the adult form of Still's disease (same as systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis), is a rare autoinflammatory disorder with spiking fever, evanescent rash, arthritis, and hyperferritinaemia, treated with NSAIDs, steroids, and IL-1 or IL-6 biologics.
Adulterant
An adulterant is a substance secretly added to food or other products to cheapen production or fake value; economically motivated adulteration (EMA) is its deliberate form, driving food fraud costing $10–$40 billion yearly.
Adulterers (film)
Adulterers, originally titled Avouterie, is a 2015 American psychological drama and thriller film by H.M. Coakley, in which Sean Faris plays a husband who finds his wife (Danielle Savre) with her lover (Mehcad Brooks).
Adultery
Adultery, also called infidelity or extramarital sex, is voluntary intercourse by a married person with someone other than the spouse. Historically criminalized, now decriminalized in much of the world but still a crime in several countries and some US states.
Adultery law in India
Adultery law in India: Section 497 IPC criminalized adultery, punishable up to five years, prosecuted only against men at husbands' complaints; struck down unanimously by the Supreme Court in Joseph Shine v. Union of India, 27 September 2018, and omitted from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Adulthood (2025 film)
Adulthood, aka The Adults, is a 2025 American dark comedy crime film directed by Alex Winter, starring Josh Gad and Kaya Scodelario as siblings who find a corpse in their parents' basement; it premiered at TIFF 2025 and streams via Republic Pictures.
Adulting (TV series)
Adulting (TV series) covers several unrelated shows sharing the title: Dice Media's Indian Mumbai web series (2018–2022), Showmax's South African drama (2023– ), and American #Adulting web series, plus the slang term behind the name.
Adults (TV series)
Adults is an FX/Hulu ensemble comedy created by Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw about five twenty-something friends in Queens, New York. Premiered May 28, 2025; renewed for a second season in October 2025; stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack Innanen, Amita Rao, and Owen Thiele.
Aduro Biotech
Aduro Biotech was a Berkeley, California immuno-oncology company that developed cancer immunotherapies, including Listeria-based therapies and STING pathway activators, before merging into Chinook Therapeutics in 2020.
Adurru Mound
Adurru Mound (Dubaraju Dibba), a 2,400-year-old Buddhist stupa and monastery site in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, on the Vainetaya river; ASI-protected, excavated 1923 and 1953, with a 17-foot wheel-plan Mahastupa.
Advaita Acharya
Advaita Acharya (অদ্বৈত আচার্য) was a Vaishnava philosopher and teacher of Bengal, born around 1434 in Sylhet, who led the Vaishnava community at Shantipur during Chaitanya's sankirtan movement.
Advaita Capital
Advaita Capital is a Boston, Massachusetts-based private investment firm founded and led by CEO Gayatri Sarkar, which invests in growth-stage deep technology companies, primarily in the United States.
Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त), the nondualist school of Vedanta systematized by Adi Shankara, teaches that atman is identical with brahman; the world is mithya, known through six pramanas, against Vishishtadvaita and Dvaita.
Advance Australia Fair
Advance Australia Fair is Australia's national anthem, written by Peter Dodds McCormick in 1878, chosen in polls in 1974 and 1977, proclaimed by Governor-General Sir Ninian Stephen on 19 April 1984, and amended in 2021 to "For we are one and free".
Advance Auto Parts
Advance Auto Parts is an American automotive aftermarket parts retailer and distributor serving professional repair shops and DIY customers through 4,305 stores, with $8.6 billion in fiscal 2025 sales.
Advance care planning
Advance care planning (ACP) is a clinical process in which patients, families, and clinicians discuss and document a person's values and preferences for future medical care.