| AMNIOTOMY | • amniotomy n. (Medicine) An artificial rupture of membranes to induce or accelerate labour. • AMNIOTOMY n. surgical removal of the amnion. |
| AMYOTONIA | • amyotonia n. Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus, especially when congenital. • AMYOTONIA n. deficiency of muscle tone. |
| ANTHOLOGY | • anthology n. A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors. • anthology n. (Attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another. • anthology n. (By extension) An assortment of things. |
| ASTRONOMY | • astronomy n. The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations… • astronomy n. (Obsolete) Astrology. • ASTRONOMY n. the study of the celestial bodies and the heavens in all scientific aspects. |
| AUTOPHONY | • autophony n. The unusually loud hearing of a person’s own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds. • autophony n. (Medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while… • AUTOPHONY n. apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
| DYNAMOTOR | • dynamotor n. A device for converting electrical power to another form. • DYNAMOTOR n. a kind of electrical machine. |
| GEOBOTANY | • geobotany n. The branch of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of plant species. • GEOBOTANY n. the geographical study of plant distribution, aka phytogeography. |
| HOOTNANNY | • hootnanny n. Alternative form of hootenanny. • HOOTNANNY n. (US) a party with folksinging and sometimes dancing, also HOOTANANNIE, HOOTANANNY, HOOTENANNIE, HOOTENANNY, HOOTNANNIE. |
| HYPOTONIA | • hypotonia n. An abnormal loss of muscle tone. • HYPOTONIA n. a hypnotic condition. |
| MONOLATRY | • monolatry n. The worship of a single deity (possibly while believing in the existence of others). • MONOLATRY n. worship of one god without excluding belief in others. |
| MYOTONIAS | • myotonias n. Plural of myotonia. • MYOTONIA n. muscular spasm or rigidity. |
| ODONTALGY | • odontalgy n. Archaic form of odontalgia. • ODONTALGY n. toothache, also ODONTALGIA. |
| PHONATORY | • phonatory adj. Relating to phonation. • PHONATORY adj. relating to phonation, the production of vocal sound. |
| POLYTONAL | • polytonal adj. (Music) That uses two or more tonalities simultaneously. • POLYTONAL adj. of music, having many keys. |
| TAPHONOMY | • taphonomy n. The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization. • TAPHONOMY n. the study or science of how plants and animals die, decay and become buried and fossilized. |
| TOPONYMAL | • toponymal adj. Toponymic. • TOPONYMAL adj. relating to toponymy, the study of place-names, also TOPONYMIC, TOPONYMICAL. |
| TYCOONATE | • tycoonate n. The shogunate. • TYCOONATE n. the shogunate, the office or dignity of a shogun, a hereditary military governor of Japan. |