| ADULTERATION | • adulteration n. The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another. • ADULTERATION n. the process of adulterating. |
| ADULTERATORS | • adulterators n. Plural of adulterator. • ADULTERATOR n. one who adulterates a commodity. |
| AUTOANTIBODY | • autoantibody n. An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself. • AUTOANTIBODY n. an antibody produced in reaction to an antigenic constituent of the body's own tissues. |
| AUTODIDACTIC | • autodidactic adj. Of, relating to, or being an autodidact; self-taught; self-educated. • AUTODIDACTIC adj. self-taught. |
| AUTOXIDATION | • autoxidation n. (Chemistry) A spontaneous oxidation reaction that results in the slow, flameless combustion of a material. • AUTOXIDATION n. oxidation by direct combination with oxygen at ordinary temperatures. |
| DENATURATION | • denaturation n. The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink. • denaturation n. (Biochemistry) The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused… • DENATURATION n. the act of denaturing. |
| DESATURATION | • desaturation n. (Chemistry) the conversion of a saturated compound to an unsaturated one by removing hydrogen or other… • desaturation n. (Medicine) a decrease in the level of oxygen saturation in a patient’s haemoglobin. • DESATURATION n. the inverse of saturation, the degree to which a colour departs from white and approaches a pure spectral wavelength. |
| NONAUTOMATED | • nonautomated adj. Not automated. • NONAUTOMATED adj. not automated. |
| POSTGRADUATE | • postgraduate n. A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course. • postgraduate adj. Of studies which take place after having successfully completed a degree course. • post-graduate adj. Alternative form of postgraduate. |
| STOMATODAEUM | • stomatodaeum n. Alternative form of stomodeum. • STOMATODAEUM n. in embryology, the invagination that forms the anterior part of the digestive tract. |
| TRANSUDATION | • transudation n. The process of passing through a membrane, pore or interstice. • TRANSUDATION n. the act of transuding. |
| TRANSUDATORY | • transudatory adj. Of or pertaining to transudation. • TRANSUDATORY adj. relating to transudation. |