| ANTIHOMOSEXUAL | • antihomosexual adj. Opposed to homosexuality. • antihomosexual n. A person who opposes homosexuality. • ANTIHOMOSEXUAL adj. opposed to homosexuality. |
| CHEMOTAXONOMIC | • chemotaxonomic adj. Of or pertaining to chemotaxonomy. • CHEMOTAXONOMIC adj. relating to chemotaxonomy. |
| DEXAMETHASONES | • dexamethasones n. Plural of dexamethasone. • DEXAMETHASONE n. a synthetic glucocorticoid used esp. as an anti-inflammatory agent. |
| HEXAMETHONIUMS | • hexamethoniums n. Plural of hexamethonium. • HEXAMETHONIUM n. either of two compounds used as ganglionic blocking agents in the treatment of hypertension. |
| HYDROXYLATIONS | • hydroxylations n. Plural of hydroxylation. • HYDROXYLATION n. the act of hydroxylating. |
| METHOXYFLURANE | • methoxyflurane n. (Pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned… • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
| MORPHOSYNTAXES | • morphosyntaxes n. Plural of morphosyntax. • MORPHOSYNTAX n. the study of the interaction of morphology and syntax. |
| PHOTOOXIDATION | • photooxidation n. (Physics, chemistry) The loss of an electron from a photoexcited species. • photooxidation n. (Chemistry) The reaction of something with oxygen in the presence of light. • PHOTOOXIDATION n. oxidation under the influence of radiant energy, as light. |
| PNEUMOTHORAXES | • pneumothoraxes n. Plural of pneumothorax. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| XANTHOCHROISMS | • XANTHOCHROISM n. a condition in which all skin pigments except yellow disappear. |
| XANTHOCHROMIAS | • XANTHOCHROMIA n. any yellowish discoloration, esp. of the cerebrospinal fluid. |
| XANTHOMELANOUS | • xanthomelanous adj. (Anthropology, dated) Having yellow, brown, or olive skin and black hair. • XANTHOMELANOUS adj. applied by Huxley to members of the human race with black hair and yellow or olive skins. |
| XANTHOPHYLLOUS | • xanthophyllous adj. Of or relating to xanthophyll. • XANTHOPHYLLOUS adj. like a xanthophyll, a yellow carotenoid pigment found with chlorophyll in green plants and in egg yolks. |
| XANTHOPTERINES | • XANTHOPTERINE n. a yellow pigment obtainable from the wings of yellow butterflies and the urine of mammals, also XANTHOPTERIN. |