| APOTHECARY | • apothecary n. (Archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical)… • apothecary n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary’s shop, a drugstore. • apothecary n. (Uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine. |
| CEROGRAPHY | • cerography n. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax. • cerography n. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax. • CEROGRAPHY n. writing or printing on plates spread with wax. |
| CHROMATYPE | • chromatype n. Alternative form of chromotype. • CHROMATYPE n. a colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium. |
| CORYPHAEUS | • coryphaeus n. (Ancient Greece, drama, historical) The conductor or leader of the chorus of a drama. • coryphaeus n. (By extension) The chief or leader of an interest or party. • coryphaeus n. The leader of an opera chorus or another ensemble of singers. |
| CYANOPHYTE | • cyanophyte n. (Bacteriology) cyanobacterium. • CYANOPHYTE n. a blue-green alga. |
| CYMOPHANES | • cymophanes n. Plural of cymophane. • CYMOPHANE n. cat's-eye, a variety of chrysoberyl with wavy opalescence. |
| ECHOGRAPHY | • echography n. (Medicine) The use of ultrasound as a diagnostic aid. • ECHOGRAPHY n. medical examination of the internal structures of the body by means of ultrasound. |
| HEPATOCYTE | • hepatocyte n. Any of the cells in the liver responsible for the metabolism of protein, carbohydrate and lipid and… • HEPATOCYTE n. an epithelial parenchymatous cell of the liver. |
| HYDROSPACE | • hydrospace n. That part of the Earth, or other planet, that lies below the surface of its lakes, seas and oceans… • HYDROSPACE n. the regions beneath the oceans' surface. |
| HYPERFOCAL | • hyperfocal adj. (Photography) Describing the distance on which a camera must be focused in order to achieve the maximum… • HYPERFOCAL adj. referring to the minimum distance from a lens at which all objects can be focussed clearly. |
| HYPOTHECAE | • hypothecae n. Plural of hypotheca. • HYPOTHECA n. the inner and younger layer of the cell wall of a diatom. |
| HYPOXAEMIC | • hypoxaemic adj. Alternative form of hypoxemic. • HYPOXAEMIC adj. relating to hypoxaemia, a deficiency of oxygenation of the blood. |
| ISOPACHYTE | • isopachyte n. Isopach. • ISOPACHYTE n. a line connecting points of equal thickness of geological strata. |
| MACROPHYTE | • macrophyte n. (Biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one. • MACROPHYTE n. a macroscopic plant in an aquatic environment. |
| OXYCEPHALY | • oxycephaly n. A kind of cephalic disorder: sometimes the premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture… • OXYCEPHALY n. the condition of having a conical skull. |
| PHAGOCYTES | • phagocytes n. Plural of phagocyte. • PHAGOCYTE n. a white blood corpuscle that engulfs bacteria and other harmful particles. |
| POLYCHAETE | • polychaete n. Alternative spelling of polychete. • POLYCHAETE n. a type of aquatic worm (including lugworms and ragworms), also POLYCHETE. |
| TACHYPNOEA | • tachypnoea n. (Medicine) Hyperventilation. • tachypnœa n. Obsolete spelling of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA. |
| TYPHACEOUS | • typhaceous adj. (Botany) Belonging to the family Typhaceae of cattails. • TYPHACEOUS adj. relating to the reed-mace genus, Typha. |