| ASSYTHMENT | • assythment n. (Scotland, law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence. • ASSYTHMENT n. in Scots law, indemnification for injury; satisfaction. |
| ASTROMETRY | • astrometry n. (Astronomy) The branch of astronomy that deals with the measurement of the positions and motions of… • ASTROMETRY n. the art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. |
| ASYMPTOTES | • asymptotes n. Plural of asymptote. • ASYMPTOTE n. a line (usually straight) that continually approaches a curve but never meets it. |
| ASYMPTOTIC | • asymptotic adj. (Mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity. • asymptotic adj. (Mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity. • ASYMPTOTIC adj. of a line, approaching a curve but meeting it only at infinity, also ASYMPTOTICAL. |
| GASTROTOMY | • gastrotomy n. (Surgery) Any form of incision into the stomach. • GASTROTOMY n. a cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach, also GASTROSTOMY. |
| MASTECTOMY | • mastectomy n. The surgical procedure to remove all or part of a breast and sometimes nearby tissues. • MASTECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a breast. |
| METASTABLY | • metastably adv. In a metastable way. • METASTABLE adv. chemically stable. |
| METHYLATES | • methylates n. Plural of methylate. • methylates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of methylate. • METHYLATE v. to introduce one or more methyl groups into (a compound or group). |
| MYOSTATINS | • myostatins n. Plural of myostatin. • MYOSTATIN n. a protein that prevents muscles from growing too large. |
| NEMATOCYST | • nematocyst n. (Biology) A capsule, in certain cnidarians, containing a barbed, threadlike tube that delivers a paralyzing sting. • NEMATOCYST n. an older name for a cnidoblast, a stinging cell in e.g. jellyfish. |
| SOMATOTYPE | • somatotype n. A particular type of physique; originally, one of the types defined by William Herbert Sheldon: ectomorphic… • somatotype v. (Transitive) To classify (a person) by physical build. • SOMATOTYPE n. a type consisting of a physical build paired with a particular temperament. |
| STRABOTOMY | • strabotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to… • STRABOTOMY n. surgical removal of a squint. |
| SYNTAGMATA | • syntagmata n. Plural of syntagma. • SYNTAGMA n. a syntactic unit comprising one or more (esp. linguistic) signs or elements, also SYNTAGM. |
| SYSTEMATIC | • systematic adj. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure. • systematic adj. (By extension) Methodical, regular and orderly. • systematic adj. Treating an object as a system or coherent whole. |
| TYMPANISTS | • tympanists n. Plural of tympanist. • TYMPANIST n. one who plays the tympani, also TIMPANIST. |
| TYMPANITES | • tympanites n. (Medicine) A distended abdomen as a result of an accumulation of gas. • TYMPANITES n. the distention of the abdomen by flatulence, also TYMPANY. |
| TYMPANITIS | • tympanitis n. (Medicine) Synonym of myringitis. • TYMPANITIS n. inflammation of the lining membrane of the middle ear. |