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Amitriptylinoxide

Amitriptylinoxide (amitriptyline N-oxide; Ambivalon, Amioxid) is a tricyclic antidepressant prodrug of amitriptyline introduced in Europe in the 1970s, with weaker muscarinic and alpha-receptor affinity and a 1.5-hour elimination half-life.

Amitrole

Amitrole, also called 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, is a non-selective systemic herbicide first registered in the US in 1948, known for its rodent thyroid tumors and shifting carcinogenicity classifications.

Amity University, Noida

Amity University, Noida is the main 2005-established campus of Amity University Uttar Pradesh, a private not-for-profit university in Sector 125, Noida, UGC-recognized under Section 2(f), QAA-reviewed in 2023, and ranked #22 among Indian universities in NIRF 2025.

Amityville II: The Possession

Amityville II: The Possession (1982) is Damiano Damiani's horror prequel to The Amityville Horror, based on Hans Holzer's Murder in Amityville and the DeFeo murders, starring Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, James Olson, and Jack Magner as possessed Sonny Montelli.

Amityville, New York

Amityville is an incorporated village on Long Island's South Shore in Suffolk County, New York, in the Town of Babylon. Incorporated March 3, 1894, named in 1846 after Samuel Ireland's boat Amity; population 9,500 (2020).

Amityville: The Awakening

Amityville: The Awakening (2017) is a Franck Khalfoun supernatural horror film starring Bella Thorne and Jennifer Jason Leigh, shot in 2014, delayed for years, released free on Google Play, grossing $742 domestically.

Amivantamab

Amivantamab (Rybrevant, JNJ-61186372) is a fully human EGFR-MET bispecific antibody by Janssen for EGFR-mutated NSCLC; FDA approved May 21, 2021 for exon 20 insertions, later with lazertinib first line.

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar

Amiya Bhushan Majumdar (অমিয়ভূষণ মজুমদার) was an Indian Bengali novelist and short-story writer whose fiction is closely identified with North Bengal, where he lived most of his life.

Amiya K. Banerjee

Amiya K. Banerjee, also known as A K Banerjee, is a virologist known for working out how vesicular stomatitis virus transcribes its genes and caps its messenger RNA.

Amjad Ali

Amjad Ali is a Pakistani economist and Associate Professor at the Lahore School of Accountancy and Finance, University of Lahore, researching taxation, financial development, and environmental sustainability.

Amjad Ali Khan (अमजद अली ख़ान)

Amjad Ali Khan (अमजद अली ख़ान), born 1945 in Gwalior, is an Indian classical sarod player of the Senia Bangash gharana, sixth generation, trained by father Hafiz Ali Khan; Padma Vibhushan 2001 and Fukuoka Prize 2004 recipient.

Amjad Ali Shah

Amjad Ali Shah (امجد علی شاہ) was King of Oudh from 1842 to 1847, succeeded by his son Wajid Ali Shah, the last king before British annexation.

Amjad Hussain

Amjad Hussain, also referred to as Amjad Hussain Advocate, is a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Peoples Party leader elected unopposed as Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan in 2026.

Amjad Islam Amjad

Amjad Islam Amjad (امجد اسلام امجد, 1944–2023) was a Pakistani Urdu poet, playwright, and screenwriter whose television serials, including Waris, Dehleez, and Samandar, defined Pakistan Television drama from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Amjad Khan (अमजद ख़ान) (actor)

Amjad Khan (अमजद ख़ान), 1940–1992, Hindi film actor and director, son of actor Jayant; played Gabbar Singh in Sholay (1975), won Filmfare awards for Dada, Yaarana, Maa Kasam, died at 48.

Amjad Khan filmography and awards

Amjad Khan (1940-1992), Indian actor and director, played Gabbar Singh in Sholay (1975); won Filmfare Best Supporting Actor for Dada and Yaarana, Best Comic Actor for Maa Kasam, and BFJA Award for Sholay.

Amjad Masad (أمجد مسعد)

Amjad Masad (أمجد مسعد) is a software engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Replit. He previously worked at Facebook and led the company to a $9 billion valuation.

Amjad Sabri (امجد فرید صابری)

Amjad Sabri (امجد فرید صابری), Pakistani qawwal of the Sabri family, son of Ghulam Farid Sabri; famous for Bhar Do Jholi Meri and Tajdar-i-Haram; assassinated in Karachi on 22 June 2016, TTP claimed responsibility.

Amka (official)

Amka was a high official of Early Dynastic Egypt who served under the First Dynasty and is known from clay seal impressions naming him and his office.

Amkor Technology

Amkor Technology is an American provider of outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) services, headquartered in Tempe, Arizona; founded in 1968, it is the world's largest US-headquartered OSAT.

Amkoullel, the Fula Boy

Amkoullel, the Fula Boy (Amkoullel, l'enfant peul) is a memoir by the Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ, recounting his childhood and adolescence in early twentieth-century French West Africa.

Aml Ameen

Aml Ameen (born 1985, London) is a British actor, writer, and director known for Kidulthood, The Bill, The Maze Runner, Sense8 season one, and directing Boxing Day; also MLK in Rustin and The Porter's Spirit Award nominee.

AML risk stratification and prognosis

AML risk stratification estimates a patient's odds of remission, relapse, and survival from chromosome abnormalities and gene mutations, using the European LeukemiaNet 2022 groups with measurable residual disease layered on top.

Amla (Emblica officinalis) extract

Amla (Emblica officinalis, Indian gooseberry) extract: concentrated fruit preparation standardized to polyphenols and tannins; GRAS-notified as GRN 483 (FDA no questions, 2014); studied for lipid lowering.

Amlah

Amlah is a multi-period archaeological area in al-Dhahirah province of interior Oman, known for Umm an-Nar tombs and a 1997-excavated cemetery whose funerary culture was unlike any previously found in Oman.

Amlapittantaka Rasa

Amlapittantaka Rasa (Amlapittāntakarasa, अम्लपित्तान्तकरस), an Ayurvedic herbo-mineral Rasa Yoga for amlapitta (hyperacidity). Classical recipe: mercury, copper, iron bhasmas with haritaki; API-monographed; commercial version contains kajjali and mandura bhasma.

Amleth

Amleth (Amlethus, Amlóði, Amled) is the legendary Danish prince of Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum whose feigned-madness revenge tale is the main source of Shakespeare's Hamlet, retold by Belleforest and adapted in The Northman.

Amlexanox

Amlexanox (Aphthasol, Solfa) is a TBK1/IKKε-inhibiting anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory drug: a 5% oral paste for aphthous ulcers, approved in the US in 1996, and oral tablets in Japan for asthma and allergic rhinitis.

Amlia Island

Amlia Island is an uninhabited island near the east end of the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, adjacent to Atka Island, about 72 km long.

Amlitelimab

Amlitelimab (SAR445229, KY1005) is a fully human nondepleting anti-OX40L IgG4 monoclonal antibody developed by Sanofi for atopic dermatitis; positive phase 2 and phase 3 trials preceded Sanofi's July 2026 decision not to submit it for regulatory review.