Definitions for "AST "
AST is an enzyme found mostly in the heart and liver. When liver or muscle cells are injured, they release AST into the blood. It also may be released from red blood cells if those cells are damaged when blood is being drawn.
Aspartate aminotransferase, an enzyme normally present in liver and heart cells. AST is released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. The blood AST levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the heart (for example, from a heart attack). Some medications can also raise AST levels. AST is also known as serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT). Androgen suppression therapy. See: Androgen suppression.
Aspartate aminotransferase - a protein which, when found in the blood in elevated quantities, generally indicates liver damage (although less specific for liver damage than ALT).
Assured shorthold tenancy. A form of assured tenancy which gives the landlord the right to repossession of their property after a fixed amount of time set out in the tenancy agreement. New tenancies are automatically ASTs unless otherwise stated.
An assured shorthold tenancy is a kind of assured tenancy, which offers the landlord a guaranteed right to repossess his/her property at the end of the term. (See also Tenancy Agreement)
A form of tenancy that gives the landlord the right to repossess their property after a set amount of time laid out in the tenancy agreement. New tenancies are automatically ASTs unless otherwise stated.
Aboveground Storage Tanks (see UST)
Above Ground Storage Tank Breakout Tank Corrosion
Aboveground storage tank
Keywords:  est, atlantic, ccelerated, tress, edt
ccelerated tress esting
Atlantic Standard Time (EST + 1 or same as EDT)
Atlantic Standard Time, as UTC-4 hours
Professor ndrew . anenbaum, author of MINIX and several essential O/S books.
Anything created by an artist (usually a song) that was created in their career's early stages, and that they are now embarassed by. (Coined by Neil Cicierega, defined slowly over time)
To interrogate or inquire, as when a revenue agent seeks information about illegal moonshine stills. "Don't ast me so many question. I makes me mad."
American Staffordshire Terrier
Keywords:  essenes, doubt, jesus, supreme, whom
ASTROLOGY. Even among the Essenes, many of whom were Astrologers, Jesus was supreme. No doubt space travels helped
Array Self-Test
Accelerated Stress Test. A test to deliberately produce a failure for the purpose of studying potential failure modes.
see Accelerated Stress Test
Keywords:  apec, fiction, science, analog, fact
Astounding (Now Analog Science Fiction and Fact)
APEC Science and Technology
Keywords:  surveillance, technician, air
Air Surveillance Technician
Keywords:  ammunition, team, support
ammunition support team
Keywords:  syntax, abstract, tree
Abstract-syntax-tree.
AST aims to be a portable traffic simulator written in C++.
Mechanism that signals an asynchronous event to a process.
Keywords:  arch, technology, support
Arch Support Technology
Keywords:  staff, target, air
Air Staff Target (UK)
Keywords:  summary, appraisal, table
Appraisal Summary Table
AST is a three-letter abbreviation that stands for a number of different things.
Averaged Surface Temperature