| ABIOTROPHY | • abiotrophy n. (Medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function… • ABIOTROPHY n. bodily or mental loss of function or degeneration for reasons unknown. |
| APITHERAPY | • apitherapy n. The medical use of bee products such as honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, and bee venom. • APITHERAPY n. the therapeutic use of bee products, such as royal jelly and propolis. |
| ARCHITYPES | • ARCHITYPE n. the original pattern or model from which copies are made, also ARCHETYPE. |
| ARCTOPHILY | • arctophily n. The hobby of collecting teddy bears. • ARCTOPHILY n. the study of teddy bears. |
| ATROPHYING | • atrophying v. Present participle of atrophy. • ATROPHY v. to waste away. |
| CARTOPHILY | • cartophily n. The hobby of collecting trade cards, especially cigarette cards. • CARTOPHILY n. the hobby of collecting cigarette cards. |
| DYSTROPHIA | • dystrophia n. Dystrophy. • DYSTROPHIA n. impaired or imperfect nutrition; any of several disorders in which there is wasting of muscle tissue, also DYSTROPHY. |
| HERMATYPIC | • hermatypic adj. (Marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs. • HERMATYPIC adj. building reefs (as of corals). |
| HYPERBATIC | • hyperbatic adj. Of or pertaining to a hyperbaton; transposed; inverted. • HYPERBATIC adj. of or pertaining to a hyperbaton. |
| HYPERTONIA | • hypertonia n. (Medicine) An abnormal increase in tightness of muscle tone, common in cerebral palsy. • HYPERTONIA n. excessive (muscle) tone. |
| NOTARYSHIP | • notaryship n. The state of being a notary. • NOTARYSHIP n. the office of notary. |
| OPHIOLATRY | • ophiolatry n. Snake worship. • OPHIOLATRY n. worship of snakes. |
| PARASTICHY | • parastichy n. (Botany) A secondary spiral of leaves or florets. • PARASTICHY n. a secondary helix joining leaf-bases on an axis, visible where the leaves are crowded together, e.g. the scales of a pine cone. |
| PATRIARCHY | • patriarchy n. (Anthropology, history) A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority… • patriarchy n. A power structure in which men are dominant. • patriarchy n. (Christianity) The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate. |
| PHYSIATRIC | • physiatric adj. Relating to physiatry. • PHYSIATRIC adj. relating to physiatry, treatment of injury by physical means. |
| PHYSIOCRAT | • physiocrat n. (Economics, now historical) Any of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the… • PHYSIOCRAT n. one of the followers of Quesnay of France, who, in the 18th century, founded a system of political economy based upon the supremacy of natural order. |
| PLAYWRIGHT | • playwright n. A writer and creator of theatrical plays. • PLAYWRIGHT n. a person who writes plays. |
| PSYCHIATER | • psychiater n. (Archaic) A psychiatrist. • PSYCHIATER n. (archaic) a psychiatrist, also PSYCHIATRIST. |
| PSYCHIATRY | • psychiatry n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing… • PSYCHIATRY n. a branch of medicine that deals with mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders. |