| 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. |
| AMYOTROPHY | • amyotrophy n. (Pathology) atrophy of muscles. • AMYOTROPHY n. atrophy of the muscles. |
| AUTOTROPHY | • autotrophy n. (Biology) The synthesis of food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. • AUTOTROPHY n. the state of being an autotroph, an organism that is able to manufacture its own food from inorganic substances. |
| AUXOTROPHY | • auxotrophy n. (Biology) The inability of a microorganism to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth… • AUXOTROPHY n. the state of being auxotrophic, requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| CACOTROPHY | • cacotrophy n. (Medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition. • CACOTROPHY n. bad or inadequate diet. |
| OPHIOLATRY | • ophiolatry n. Snake worship. • OPHIOLATRY n. worship of snakes. |
| OPOTHERAPY | • opotherapy n. Organotherapy. • OPOTHERAPY n. treatment by administration of extracts of animal organs, esp. ductless glands. |
| ORTHOPAEDY | • orthopaedy n. Alternative form of orthopedy. • orthopædy n. Obsolete typography of orthopaedy. • ORTHOPAEDY n. the art or process of curing deformities arising from (originally childhood) disease or injury, also ORTHOPAEDICS, ORTHOPEDIA, ORTHOPEDICS, ORTHOPEDY. |
| ORTHOPRAXY | • orthopraxy n. Correct practice or action. • orthopraxy n. Right belief combined with right practice, with the emphasis being on the latter, a term specially used… • ORTHOPRAXY n. the treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances. |
| PROTOPATHY | • PROTOPATHY n. first or direct experience. |
| RACHIOTOMY | • rachiotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| ROADWORTHY | • roadworthy adj. Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road. • ROADWORTHY adj. able to be used on a road. • ROADWORTHY n. in South Africa, a certificate for a roadworthy vehicle. |
| SOOTHSAYER | • soothsayer n. One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. • soothsayer n. A mantis or rearhorse. • soothsayer n. (Obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person. |
| TOMOGRAPHY | • tomography n. Imaging by sections or sectioning. • TOMOGRAPHY n. X-ray photography in which parts of body in front of, or behind, the part under examination are not shown. |
| TOPOGRAPHY | • topography n. A precise description of a place. • topography n. A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object. • topography n. The features themselves; terrain. |
| ZOANTHROPY | • zoanthropy n. (Medicine) A kind of delusion in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals. • ZOANTHROPY n. a form of mental delusion in which a person believes himself or herself to be an animal. |
| ZOOTHERAPY | • zootherapy n. The use of living animals for medical treatment or as an adjunct to medical diagnosis. • ZOOTHERAPY n. veterinary therapeutics. |