| APITHERAPY | • apitherapy n. The medical use of bee products such as honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom. • APITHERAPY n. the therapeutic use of bee products, such as royal jelly and propolis. |
| APOMORPHIA | • apomorphia n. (Pharmacology) apomorphine. • APOMORPHIA n. an alkaloid prepared by dehydrating morphine, also APOMORPHINE. |
| APOPHENIAS | • apophenias n. Plural of apophenia. • APOPHENIA n. the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. |
| APOPHYSIAL | • apophysial adj. Alternative form of apophyseal. • APOPHYSIAL adj. relating to an apophysis, an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone, also APOPHYSATE, APOPHYSEAL. |
| APPEACHING | • appeaching v. Present participle of appeach. • APPEACH v. (Shakespeare) to accuse, impeach. |
| 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. |
| HYPOPLASIA | • hypoplasia n. Underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate… • HYPOPLASIA n. the incomplete development of an organ or part, also HYPOPLASTY. |
| PANOPHOBIA | • panophobia n. A condition of groundless fears. • panophobia n. (By confusion) Panphobia, pantophobia: fear of everything. • PANOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of everything, also PANTOPHOBIA. |
| PARAPHASIA | • paraphasia n. (Pathology) A symptom of aphasia in which the sufferer substitutes a spoken word different from the one intended. • PARAPHASIA n. a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHASIC | • paraphasic adj. Relating to paraphasia. • PARAPHASIC adj. of or like paraphasia, a disorder in which one word substituted for another. |
| PARAPHILIA | • paraphilia n. (Sexology) An abnormal sexual arousal or attraction, especially to objects or situations that are not… • paraphilia n. (Sexology) Sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity… • PARAPHILIA n. abnormal sexual practices. |
| PARAPHILIC | • paraphilic adj. Of or pertaining to a paraphilia. • paraphilic n. One who has a paraphilia. |
| PARAPHONIA | • paraphonia n. (Music) In Byzantine music, a melodic progression by consonances (fourths and fifths). • paraphonia n. (Medicine) An abnormal condition or alteration of the voice, as at puberty. • PARAPHONIA n. alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| PARAPHONIC | • paraphonic adj. Of or relating to paraphony. • PARAPHONIC adj. relating to paraphonia, alteration of the voice; as at puberty. |
| PARAPHYSIS | • paraphysis n. (Botany) A minute jointed filament growing among the archegonia and antheridia of mosses, or with the… • paraphysis n. (Mycology) A type of sterile cell amongst the spore-bearing asci. • paraphysis n. (Anatomy) A derivative of the roof-plate of the telencephalon. |
| PASIGRAPHY | • pasigraphy n. (Linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic… • PASIGRAPHY n. a system of universal ideographic writing. |
| PLANIGRAPH | • planigraph n. A medical device for precision layer radiography. • planigraph n. (Historical) A device for tracing and reproducing drawings. • PLANIGRAPH n. an instrument for copying drawings at a different scale. |
| POLYPHAGIA | • polyphagia n. An excessive appetite for food. • polyphagia n. (Zoology) The eating of many different types of food. • POLYPHAGIA n. the eating of excessive amounts, or many different kinds, of food. |
| SHAGANAPPI | • shaganappi n. A rawhide strap, e.g. as used to hold together Red River carts. |