| CHEMOTAXIS | • chemotaxis n. (Biology, biochemistry) The movement of a cell or an organism in response to a chemical stimulant. • CHEMOTAXIS n. orientation of an animalcule relative to a chemical substance. |
| CHRONAXIES | • chronaxies n. Plural of chronaxie. • CHRONAXY n. a time constant in the excitation of a nerve or muscle, also CHRONAXIE. |
| ECHOPRAXIS | • ECHOPRAXIS n. in mental illness, echo-like repetition of another's actions, also ECHOPRAXIA. |
| EXHAUSTION | • exhaustion n. The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up. • exhaustion n. Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy. • exhaustion n. (Dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material. |
| EXOPHAGIES | • EXOPHAGY n. a cannibal custom of eating other than one's kin. |
| HELIOTAXES | • HELIOTAXIS n. the response of an organism to the sun's rays. |
| HELIOTAXIS | • heliotaxis n. (Biology) Phototaxis related to the sun. • HELIOTAXIS n. the response of an organism to the sun's rays. |
| HEXAPLOIDS | • hexaploids n. Plural of hexaploid. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HEXAPODIES | • hexapodies n. Plural of hexapody. • HEXAPODY n. a line of verse with six feet. |
| HEXOKINASE | • hexokinase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose. • HEXOKINASE n. an enzyme. |
| HYDROTAXIS | • hydrotaxis n. (Biology) movement (of an organism or organ) in response to water. • HYDROTAXIS n. movement towards or away from water. |
| HYPOXEMIAS | • hypoxemias n. Plural of hypoxemia. • HYPOXEMIA n. deficiency of oxygenation of the blood, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXIA. |
| PHOTOTAXIS | • phototaxis n. (Biology) The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light. • PHOTOTAXIS n. growth or movement determined by light. |
| SAXOPHONIC | • saxophonic adj. Of or pertaining to the saxophone. • SAXOPHONIC adj. of or like a saxophone. |
| SEXAHOLICS | • sexaholics n. Plural of sexaholic. • SEXAHOLIC n. someone addicted to sex. |
| XANTHOPSIA | • xanthopsia n. A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow. • XANTHOPSIA n. a visual condition where things appear yellow. |
| XIPHOPAGUS | • xiphopagus adj. (Of conjoined twins) United at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Countable) Either of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process. • xiphopagus n. (Uncountable) The condition of being such a twin. |
| XIPHOSURAN | • xiphosuran n. (Zoology) Any member of the order Xiphosura, including horseshoe crabs. • xiphosuran adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the order Xiphosura. • XIPHOSURAN adj. belonging to the Xiphosura, an order of Arthropoda of which the only survivors are the king crabs. |