| ACHLORHYDRIA | • achlorhydria n. (Medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. • ACHLORHYDRIA n. absence of hydrochloric acid from the gastric juice. |
| ARCHDEACONRY | • archdeaconry n. The office of an archdeacon, or the term of that office. • archdeaconry n. The residence, or territorial jurisdiction of an archdeacon. • ARCHDEACONRY n. the district or residence of an archdeacon. |
| CARBOHYDRASE | • carbohydrase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATE | • carbohydrate n. (Organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. • carbohydrate n. (Colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| CARDIOGRAPHY | • cardiography n. (Medicine) The graphic recording of the movement, or other function of the heart as a means of diagnosis. • CARDIOGRAPHY n. the making of cardiographs. |
| DYNAMOGRAPHS | • dynamographs n. Plural of dynamograph. • DYNAMOGRAPH n. an instrument for recording mechanical forces. |
| HOLIDAYMAKER | • holidaymaker n. (Britain) someone who is on holiday. • holiday-maker n. (Britain) Someone who is on holiday. • HOLIDAYMAKER n. someone on holiday. |
| HYDNOCARPATE | • HYDNOCARPATE n. any salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid. |
| HYDROMASSAGE | • hydromassage n. A therapeutic massage in which bubbles of air and jets of water are pumped through a bath in which the recipient lies. • hydromassage v. (Transitive) To massage in this way. |
| HYRACOIDEANS | • HYRACOIDEAN n. any member of a genus of mammals including the daman and the dassie or hyrax, also HYRACOID. |
| OCTAHEDRALLY | • octahedrally adv. In an octahedral manner. • OCTAHEDRAL adv. having eight faces or sides. |
| PARAHYDROGEN | • parahydrogen n. (Physics) The form of the hydrogen molecule (H2) in which the two nuclei have antiparallel spin; about… • PARAHYDROGEN n. a spin isomer of hydrogen. |
| PARATHYROIDS | • parathyroids n. Plural of parathyroid. • PARATHYROID n. such a gland. |
| PARATYPHOIDS | • paratyphoids n. Plural of paratyphoid. • PARATYPHOID n. a disease resembling typhoid but caused by different bacillus. |
| PSYCHODRAMAS | • psychodramas n. Plural of psychodrama. • PSYCHODRAMA n. therapeutic drama. |
| RADIOTHERAPY | • radiotherapy n. The therapeutic use of ionizing radiation, almost exclusively used for the treatment of malignant disease. • RADIOTHERAPY n. treatment by radiation. |
| RHABDOMYOMAS | • rhabdomyomas n. Plural of rhabdomyoma. • RHABDOMYOMA n. a tumour of striated muscle. |
| SHADOWGRAPHY | • shadowgraphy n. The creation of shadowgraph images. • shadowgraphy n. The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form… • SHADOWGRAPHY n. the making of images by shadowgraph. |