| APOPLEXY | • apoplexy n. (Medicine, dated) Unconsciousness or incapacity resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage or stroke. • apoplexy n. (Informal) A state of intense and almost uncontrollable anger. • APOPLEXY n. a sudden loss of sensation and movement due to a disturbance of blood supply to the brain. |
| APYREXIA | • apyrexia n. (Medicine) The absence or an intermission during a bout of fever. • APYREXIA n. a period of intermission in a fever. |
| ASPHYXIA | • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the body’s inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing… • asphyxia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the… |
| EPICALYX | • epicalyx n. (Botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx. • EPICALYX n. a set of bracts resembling a calyx. |
| EXOPHAGY | • exophagy n. (Rare) Cannibalism, of those outside a social group. • EXOPHAGY n. a cannibal custom of eating other than one's kin. |
| HEXAPODY | • hexapody n. (Poetry, countable) Six metrical feet taken together, or included in one measure. • hexapody n. (Zoology, uncountable) The property of being a hexapod; six-leggedness. • HEXAPODY n. a line of verse with six feet. |
| HYPOXIAS | • hypoxias n. Plural of hypoxia. • HYPOXIA n. a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXEMIA. |
| PARADOXY | • paradoxy n. (Countable) A paradoxical statement; a paradox. • paradoxy n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being paradoxical. • PARADOXY n. the quality of being paradoxical. |
| PAROXYSM | • paroxysm n. A random or sudden outburst (of activity). • paroxysm n. An explosive event during a volcanic eruption. • paroxysm n. A sudden recurrence of a disease, such as a seizure or a coughing fit. |
| PHYLAXIS | • phylaxis n. (Medicine) Protection against infectious disease. • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
| POLYAXON | • polyaxon n. (Zoology) In a sponge, a spicule that has more than four centered axes. • POLYAXON n. a nerve cell with multiple branches. |
| PYREXIAL | • pyrexial adj. (Obsolete) of or relating to fevers; feverish. • PYREXIAL adj. showing symptoms of pyrexia, feverish. |
| PYREXIAS | • pyrexias n. Plural of pyrexia. • PYREXIA n. (Greek) a fever. |
| TAXPAYER | • taxpayer n. A person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject… • taxpayer n. All of the people, collectively, in a population who pay tax (especially used in the context of the… • TAXPAYER n. one who pays taxes. |
| XENOPHYA | • xenophya n. (Biology) foreign particles found within an organism, such as sand grains. • XENOPHYA n. (Greek) elements of a shell or skeleton not secreted by the organism itself. |
| XYLOCARP | • xylocarp n. (Botany) A hard woody fruit. • XYLOCARP n. a hard woody fruit. |