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Adverse reaction

An unwanted or harmful reaction which occurs after administration of a drug


AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines 


Amino acid

Amino acids are the building blocks to forming proteins: they are the acids formed from the coding of a triplet of bases in the DNA. There are 20 amino acids, and most have several triplets which code for them.


Anecdotal

Evidence based on personal accounts rather than facts or research 


Animal model

An animal model utilises a non-human species to be studied to understand particular biological phenomena, to provide insight into the workings of other organisms.



Assent

The expression of agreement 


Audit trail

A record of the changes that have been made to a database or a file