| ANENCEPHALY | • anencephaly n. A lethal birth defect in which most of the brain and parts of the skull are missing; absence of the encephalon. • ANENCEPHALY n. congenital absence of all or part of the brain, also ANENCEPHALIA. |
| APHETICALLY | • aphetically adv. (Linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis. • aphetically adv. (Astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta. • APHETIC adv. relating to aphesis, the loss of an unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word. |
| AUTOCEPHALY | • autocephaly n. (Christianity) The condition where a church’s leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no… • AUTOCEPHALY n. self-government. |
| BATHYSCAPES | • bathyscapes n. Plural of bathyscape. • BATHYSCAPE n. a submersible observation chamber. |
| BATHYSCAPHE | • bathyscaphe n. A self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible for exploring the ocean depths, consisting of a crew cabin… • BATHYSCAPHE n. a submersible observation chamber, also BATHYSCAPH. |
| CHAMAEPHYTE | • chamaephyte n. (Botany) Any low perennial plant whose buds overwinter just above soil level. • CHAMAEPHYTE n. a winter-flowering plant. |
| EDAPHICALLY | • edaphically adv. In terms of soil conditions. • EDAPHIC adv. pertaining to the soil. |
| HYPERCAPNIA | • hypercapnia n. (Medicine, pathology) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood. • HYPERCAPNIA n. the presence of excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the blood, also HYPERCARBIA. |
| HYPERCARBIA | • hypercarbia n. (Medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood. • HYPERCARBIA n. hypercapnia, also HYPERCAPNIA. |
| MEGACEPHALY | • megacephaly n. Macrencephaly. • MEGACEPHALY n. the condition of having an unusually large head or cranial capacity, also MEGALOCEPHALY. |
| PACHYDERMAL | • pachydermal adj. Synonym of pachydermic. • pachydermal adj. Grainy. • PACHYDERMAL adj. of or like a pachyderm. |
| PACHYDERMIA | • pachydermia n. (Medicine) Elephantiasis. • pachydermia n. (Medicine) Increased resistance of the red cells in anemia. • PACHYDERMIA n. elephantiasis. |
| PARENCHYMAL | • parenchymal adj. Of or pertaining to parenchyma. • PARENCHYMAL adj. of or like a parenchyma, a generalized cell or tissue in a plant, also PARENCHYMATOUS. |
| PARENCHYMAS | • parenchymas n. Plural of parenchyma. • PARENCHYMA n. the ordinary soft thin-walled tissue of plants, not differentiated into conducting or mechanical tissue. |
| PHLYCTAENAE | • PHLYCTAENA n. (Greek) a small blister or vesicle, also PHLYCTENA. |
| TACHYPNOEAS | • tachypnoeas n. Plural of tachypnoea. • TACHYPNOEA n. abnormally rapid respiration, also TACHYPNEA. |