| AMIANTHINE | • AMIANTHINE adj. of or like amianthus, asbestos with silky fibres, also AMIANTHOID, AMIANTHOIDAL. |
| ANNIHILATE | • annihilate v. To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate. • annihilate v. (Particle physics) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants… • annihilate v. (Archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify. |
| ANTHERIDIA | • antheridia n. Plural of antheridium. • ANTHERIDIUM n. the male reproductive organ of some plants, also ANTHERID. |
| DIATHERMIA | • diathermia n. Diathermy. • DIATHERMIA n. heating of internal parts of the body by electric currents, also DIATHERMY. |
| EPITAPHIAL | • epitaphial adj. Alternative form of epitaphian. • EPITAPHIAL adj. pertaining to an epitaph, also EPITAPHIAN, EPITAPHIC. |
| EPITAPHIAN | • epitaphian adj. Relating to, or of the nature of, an epitaph. • EPITAPHIAN adj. pertaining to an epitaph, also EPITAPHIAL, EPITAPHIC. |
| HABILITATE | • habilitate adj. (Obsolete) Qualified or entitled. • habilitate v. (Transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given… • habilitate v. (Intransitive) To qualify oneself, through a demonstration of ability, to function in a certain capacity… |
| HAEMATINIC | • haematinic adj. Alternative form of hematinic. • haematinic n. Alternative form of hematinic. • HAEMATINIC adj. having the effect of increasing the haemoglobin or of stimulating the production of red blood cells. |
| HAEMATITIC | • haematitic adj. Of a blood-red colour; crimson or brownish red. • HAEMATITIC adj. of or like haematite, an ore of iron, also HEMATITIC. |
| HEMIALGIAS | • HEMIALGIA n. pain in one side of the body alone. |
| HEMIANOPIA | • hemianopia n. (Ophthalmology) Alternative form of hemianopsia. • HEMIANOPIA n. a defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees but half of an object looked at, also HEMIANOPSIA, HEMIOPIA, HEMIOPSIA. |
| HEMICRANIA | • hemicrania n. (Pathology) A headache affecting one side of the head. • HEMICRANIA n. a pain that affects only one side of the head. |
| HIERATICAL | • hieratical adj. Alternative form of hieratic. • HIERATICAL adj. pertaining to priests, also HIERATIC. |
| HIERATICAS | • HIERATICA n. (Latin) the finest papyrus, used for Egyptian sacred writings. |
| ISCHAEMIAS | • ischaemias n. Plural of ischaemia. • ischæmias n. Plural of ischæmia. • ISCHAEMIA n. an inadequate flow of blood to part of the body, also ISCHEMIA. |
| LEISHMANIA | • leishmania n. A parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a genus trypanosome protozoa, Leishmania. • Leishmania prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Trypanosomatidae – parasitic protozoans, a trypanosome, transmitted… • LEISHMANIA n. any protozoon of the genus Leishmania. |
| MAIDENHAIR | • maidenhair n. (Uncountable) A woman’s pubic hair. • maidenhair n. Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris. • maidenhair n. Designating various types of moss or flowering plants. |
| SPHAERIDIA | • sphaeridia n. Plural of sphaeridium. • SPHAERIDIUM n. a minute spheroidal body on the surface of a sea urchin, perhaps a sense organ. |
| THIAMINASE | • thiaminase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that metabolizes or breaks down thiamine into two molecular parts. • THIAMINASE n. an enzyme that catalyses the breakdown of thiamine. |