| AMPHIOXUS | • amphioxus n. The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma. • AMPHIOXUS n. (Greek) a fishlike creature, two or three inches long, found in temperate seas, aka lancelet. |
| CHRONAXIE | • chronaxie n. The minimum time over which an electric current must be applied in order to stimulate a muscle fiber or nerve cell. • CHRONAXIE n. a time constant in the excitation of a nerve or muscle, also CHRONAXY. |
| HEXAFOILS | • hexafoils n. Plural of hexafoil. • HEXAFOIL n. a pattern with six leaflike lobes. |
| HEXAPLOID | • hexaploid adj. Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell. • hexaploid n. A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HEXAPODIC | • HEXAPODIC adj. of a line or verse, having six feet. |
| HOMOTAXIC | • homotaxic adj. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting homotaxis. • HOMOTAXIC adj. showing homotaxis, also HOMOTAXIAL. |
| HOMOTAXIS | • homotaxis n. (Biology) similarity in arrangement of parts. • homotaxis n. (Geology) similarity in the lithostratigraphic or biostratigraphic vertical sequence of rock strata… • HOMOTAXIS n. coincidence in order of organic succession but not necessarily in time. |
| HYPOTAXIS | • hypotaxis n. (Grammar) Syntactic subordination of one clause or construction to another. • HYPOTAXIS n. a dependent or subordinate relationship of clauses with conjunctions. |
| HYPOXEMIA | • hypoxemia n. (Medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure… • HYPOXEMIA n. deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| ORTHOAXIS | • ORTHOAXIS n. in crystallography, the orthodiagonal. |
| RHEOTAXIS | • rheotaxis n. (Biology) movement in response to a current (of water or air). • RHEOTAXIS n. the movement of an organism in response to a current of water. |
| SEXAHOLIC | • sexaholic n. One who is addicted to sex. • SEXAHOLIC n. someone addicted to sex. |
| XIPHOIDAL | • xiphoidal adj. Xiphoid; sword-shaped. • XIPHOIDAL adj. swordlike, also XIPHOID. |
| XIPHOPAGI | • xiphopagi n. Plural of xiphopagus. • XIPHOPAGUS n. a set of Siamese twins joined in the region of the xiphoid cartilage. |