Acro

Acro

Acro may refer to:

*The Association of Clinical Research Organizations, acting mainly in the field of approval of new drugs by drug-regulators like the FDA or EMEA
*Acro bug, Red, are copepods in the family Tegastidae
*Acro dance, a dance style that combines classical dance technique with acrobatics
*Acro Sport, an aircraft manufacturer
*Acropora, a type of coral.
*Medical term commonly meaning "extreme" or "extremities"
*Various games, including Aero the Acro-Bat and Acrophobia
*Acro, one of the bosses fought in Kirby's Dream Land 3 and
*Grob 103 Twin II Acro, a model of glider / sailplane

:"See also: Acron, by which some ancient Greeks named Acro were also called."


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  • acro- — ♦ Élément, du gr. akros « qui est à l extrémité ». ⇒ACRO , élément préf. Élément préf. d orig. gr. entrant dans la compos. de termes sc. (en partic. de biol.) et marquant une relation avec les extrémités (les mains, les pieds, le sommet de la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • acro — Element prim de compunere savantă cu semnificaţia ascuţit , extrem . [< fr. acro , cf. gr. akros]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 07.10.2004. Sursa: DN  ACRO elem. ascuţit , extremitate, vârf , extrem . (< fr. acro , cf. gr. akros, înalt) Trimis… …   Dicționar Român

  • acro — acro·le·in; acro·mi·al; acro·mi·on; acro·mio·clavicular; …   English syllables

  • acro- — Prefijo que significa lo más alto o en el extremo. Medical Dictionary. 2011 …   Diccionario médico

  • Acro — Acro, Helenius, aus ungewisser Zeit, einer der ältesten Scholiasten des Horatius, s.d …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • acro — Relativo a los brazos y las piernas. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • acro- — {{hw}}{{acro }}{{/hw}} primo elemento: in parole composte dotte o scientifiche significa ‘punto più alto, estremo’ o si riferisce a estremità del corpo: acrocoro, acropoli, acromegalia …   Enciclopedia di italiano

  • acro — v. acre …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • acro- — [dal gr. ákros estremo ]. Primo elemento di termini nei quali significa punto estremo o più alto (come in acropoli, ecc.), oppure estremità di membra del corpo (come in acrobata e sim.) …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • acro- — element meaning highest, topmost, at the extremities, before vowels, acr , from Gk. akro pertaining to an end, extreme, comb. form of akros at the end, at the top (see ACRID (Cf. acrid)) …   Etymology dictionary

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