| COMPUTERPHOBIAS | • computerphobias n. Plural of computerphobia. • COMPUTERPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of computers. |
| HISTOCOMPATIBLE | • histocompatible adj. (Of two individuals) Having compatible antigens, and thus being able to transplant organs. • HISTOCOMPATIBLE adj. referring to the degree of similarity between the histocompatibility antigens of two individuals, which determines whether an organ transplant will be tolerated. |
| HYPERCATABOLISM | • hypercatabolism n. An increased rate of catabolism. • HYPERCATABOLISM n. an abnormally high rate of catabolism. |
| HYPERMETABOLISM | • hypermetabolism n. (Biochemistry) The physiological state of increased metabolic activity, typically occurring after significant… • HYPERMETABOLISM n. the physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity. |
| HYPERMUTABILITY | • hypermutability n. The state of being hypermutable. • HYPERMUTABILITY n. the state of being hypermutable. |
| IMPERISHABILITY | • imperishability n. The quality of being imperishable. • IMPERISHABILITY n. the state of being imperishable. |
| METABISULPHITES | • metabisulphites n. Plural of metabisulphite. • METABISULPHITE n. as in sodium metabisulphite, an inorganic compound. |
| NEPHROBLASTOMAS | • nephroblastomas n. Plural of nephroblastoma. • NEPHROBLASTOMA n. a tumour on the kidneys. |
| OPHTHALMOPHOBIA | • OPHTHALMOPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of being stared at. |
| PULMOBRANCHIATE | • pulmobranchiate adj. (Zoology) Breathing by means of lung sacs. • PULMOBRANCHIATE adj. relating to a pulmobranch, a lung-book. |
| STREPHOSYMBOLIA | • strephosymbolia n. A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading. • STREPHOSYMBOLIA n. a visual disorder where letters are seen mirror imaged. |
| SYMMETROPHOBIAS | • SYMMETROPHOBIA n. fear of symmetry. |
| THERMOBAROGRAPH | • thermobarograph n. An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph… • THERMOBAROGRAPH n. a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere. |
| THROMBOPLASTINS | • thromboplastins n. Plural of thromboplastin. • THROMBOPLASTIN n. a complex enzyme found esp. in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood. |