| AUXOTROPHIES | • auxotrophies n. Plural of auxotrophy. • AUXOTROPHY n. the state of being auxotrophic, requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| AXEROPHTHOLS | • AXEROPHTHOL n. vitamin A, a pale yellow crystalline substance, deficiency of which causes xerophthalmia. |
| EXHORTATIONS | • exhortations n. Plural of exhortation. • EXHORTATION n. an act or instance of exhorting. |
| EXOPHTHALMOS | • exophthalmos n. (Pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the eyeball from its socket. • EXOPHTHALMOS n. abnormal protrusion of the eyeball, also EXOPHTHALMUS. |
| HAEMATOXYLON | • HAEMATOXYLON n. any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp. the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa, the heartwood of which yields the dye haematoxylin. |
| HOMOTAXIALLY | • HOMOTAXIAL adv. showing homotaxis, also HOMOTAXIC. |
| MESOTHORAXES | • mesothoraxes n. Plural of mesothorax. • MESOTHORAX n. the middle segment of the thorax in insects. |
| MORPHOSYNTAX | • morphosyntax n. (Linguistics) Morphology and syntax regarded as an interlinked unit. • morpho-syntax n. (Linguistics) The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words… • morpho-syntax n. (Linguistics, formal) Grammar. |
| ORTHOPRAXIES | • ORTHOPRAXY n. the treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances. |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | • pneumothorax n. (Medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| SAXOPHONISTS | • saxophonists n. Plural of saxophonist. • SAXOPHONIST n. one who plays the saxophone. |
| THROMBOXANES | • thromboxanes n. Plural of thromboxane. • THROMBOXANE n. any of several compounds formed from prostaglandin endoperoxides which, when released from blood platelets, induce platelet aggregation and arterial constriction. |
| TOXICOPHOBIA | • toxicophobia n. A morbid fear of poisons or being poisoned. • TOXICOPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of poisoning, also TOXIPHOBIA. |
| TOXIPHOBIACS | • TOXIPHOBIAC n. one who suffers from toxiphobia, fear of poison or being poisoned. |
| XANTHOCHROIA | • xanthochroia n. (Pathology) A condition characterized by yellow patches on the skin. • XANTHOCHROIA n. yellowness of the skin. |
| XANTHOCHROIC | • xanthochroic adj. Pertaining to people or races with light hair and pale complexions. • XANTHOCHROIC adj. exhibiting xanthochroism, a condition in which all pigments other than yellow disappear, also XANTHOCHROOUS. |
| XANTHOCHROID | • xanthochroid adj. (Anthropology) Pertaining to the Xanthochroi; having fair hair and a pale complexion. • xanthochroid n. (Anthropology) A member of the Xanthochroi. • XANTHOCHROID n. a blond-haired and blue eyed person with fair white skin. |
| XANTHOMATOUS | • xanthomatous adj. Of or relating to xanthoma or xanthomatosis. • XANTHOMATOUS adj. of or like a xanthoma, a skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin. |
| ZOOXANTHELLA | • zooxanthella n. (Archaic) Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found… • zooxanthella n. Any of various typically yellow-brown dinoflagellates (originally grouped as genus Zooxanthella) now… • ZOOXANTHELLA n. a symbiotic dinoflagellate of the genus Symbiodinium that lives in the tissues of a number of marine invertebrates and protists. |