| ACOTYLEDONS | • acotyledons n. Plural of acotyledon. • ACOTYLEDON n. a plant without differentiated seed lobes. |
| AMOEBOCYTES | • amoebocytes n. Plural of amoebocyte. • amœbocytes n. Plural of amœbocyte. • AMOEBOCYTE n. a cell, like a leukocyte, having amoeboid form, also AMEBOCYTE. |
| CEPHALOTOMY | • cephalotomy n. Dissection or opening of the head. • cephalotomy n. (Medicine) craniotomy; usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw. • CEPHALOTOMY n. the dissection of the head. |
| CHOANOCYTES | • choanocytes n. Plural of choanocyte. • CHOANOCYTE n. a cell in which the flagellum is surrounded by a sheath of protoplasm. |
| CORPORATELY | • corporately adv. Acting as a corporate body. • corporately adv. In a corporate way. • CORPORATE adv. legally united into a body so as to act as an individual. |
| COTEMPORARY | • cotemporary adj. (Now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary. • cotemporary n. (Now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary. • COTEMPORARY adj. contemporary, also CONTEMPORARY. |
| COTYLEDONAL | • cotyledonal adj. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon. • COTYLEDONAL adj. like a cotyledon. |
| ESCHATOLOGY | • eschatology n. (Countable) System of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death. • eschatology n. (Uncountable) The study of the end times — the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology… • ESCHATOLOGY n. a branch of theology concerned with the end of the world. |
| ETYMOLOGICA | • ETYMOLOGICON n. an etymological dictionary, also ETYMOLOGICUM. |
| GONADECTOMY | • gonadectomy n. (Surgery) A procedure to remove one or more ovaries or testes. • GONADECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a gonad. |
| HEPATOSCOPY | • hepatoscopy n. (Rare) Divination by the liver of an animal or bird. The liver was divided into sections, each section… • HEPATOSCOPY n. divination by examining animal livers. |
| MYCETOZOANS | • mycetozoans n. Plural of mycetozoan. • MYCETOZOAN n. slime mold. |
| OVARIECTOMY | • ovariectomy n. (Surgery) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. • OVARIECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the ovaries. |
| PHAGOCYTOSE | • phagocytose v. (Immunology, cytology) To phagocytize; to ingest by phagocytosis. • PHAGOCYTOSE v. to subject to phagocytic action. |
| PROCARYOTES | • procaryotes n. Plural of procaryote. • PROCARYOTE n. a bacterium or blue-green algae whose nucleus lacks a limiting membrane, also PROKARYOT, PROKARYOTE. |
| TRACHEOTOMY | • tracheotomy n. (Surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and… • TRACHEOTOMY n. a surgical incision into the windpipe, to relieve choking, also TRACHEOSTOMY. |