| ASTROCYTOMA | • astrocytoma n. (Medicine) A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes. • ASTROCYTOMA n. a tumour of the central nervous system. |
| ATTORNEYISM | • attorneyism n. The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys. • ATTORNEYISM n. the state of being an attorney. |
| GAMETOCYTES | • gametocytes n. Plural of gametocyte. • GAMETOCYTE n. a cell that divides to produce gametes. |
| GASTRECTOMY | • gastrectomy n. (Surgery) Removal or partial removal of the stomach. • GASTRECTOMY n. surgical removal of the stomach. |
| GASTROSTOMY | • gastrostomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation. • GASTROSTOMY n. a cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach, also GASTROTOMY. |
| MASTICATORY | • masticatory n. (Chiefly medicine) Something chewed, originally as a medicine, now typically for pleasure or to increase… • masticatory adj. Of, or relating to mastication. • masticatory adj. Used for chewing. |
| METHYLATORS | • methylators n. Plural of methylator. • METHYLATOR n. an agent that methylates. |
| NEMATOCYSTS | • nematocysts n. Plural of nematocyst. • NEMATOCYST n. an older name for a cnidoblast, a stinging cell in e.g. jellyfish. |
| PLASTOMETRY | • PLASTOMETRY n. measurement by plastometer. |
| SOMATOTYPED | • somatotyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of somatotype. • SOMATOTYPE v. to place with regard to somatotype. |
| SOMATOTYPES | • somatotypes n. Plural of somatotype. • SOMATOTYPE v. to place with regard to somatotype. |
| STIMULATORY | • stimulatory adj. Stimulative; serving to stimulate. • STIMULATORY adj. serving to stimulate. |
| STOMATOLOGY | • stomatology n. (Medicine) The study of the mouth and its disorders and diseases; increasingly called oral medicine in current usage. • STOMATOLOGY n. the study of the mouth. |
| STORMSTAYED | • storm-stayed adj. (Scotland, Canada, Maritimes and Ontario) stranded due to bad weather, snowed in. • STORMSTAYED adj. (Canadian) isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm. |
| SYMPTOMATIC | • symptomatic adj. (Medicine) Showing symptoms. • symptomatic adj. Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom. • symptomatic adj. (Medicine) Relating to symptomatics. |
| TAUTONYMIES | • tautonymies n. Plural of tautonymy. • TAUTONYMY n. the practice of using a specific name the same as the generic name. |
| TAUTONYMOUS | • TAUTONYMOUS adj. of or like a tautonym, a taxonomic name in which genus and species are the same. |
| THERMONASTY | • thermonasty n. A nastic response to a change in temperature, such as the opening and closing of tulips. • THERMONASTY n. nastic movement in response to heat or temperature change. |