| ADENECTOMIES | • adenectomies n. Plural of adenectomy. • ADENECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the adenoids, also ADENOIDECTOMY. |
| AEROMEDICINE | • aeromedicine n. Aviation or aerospace medicine. • AEROMEDICINE n. a branch of medicine that deals with the diseases arising from flying. |
| CATHETOMETER | • cathetometer n. An instrument used to measure small vertical distances, such as the levels of liquid in tubes. • CATHETOMETER n. an instrument for measuring short vertical distances. |
| CEPHALOMETER | • cephalometer n. An instrument for measuring the head. • cephalometer n. A device for positioning the head, and holding it steady, for an X-ray or surgery; a cephalostat. • CEPHALOMETER n. an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry. |
| COFFEEMAKERS | • coffeemakers n. Plural of coffeemaker. • coffee-makers n. Plural of coffee-maker. • coffee␣makers n. Plural of coffee maker. |
| COMMANDEERED | • commandeered v. Simple past tense and past participle of commandeer. • COMMANDEER v. to compel to perform military service. |
| DECOMPENSATE | • decompensate v. (Medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability… • DECOMPENSATE v. to fail to compensate. |
| HAEMATOCELES | • haematoceles n. Plural of haematocele. • HAEMATOCELE n. a cavity containing blood, also HEMATOCELE. |
| LEUCAEMOGENS | • LEUCAEMOGEN n. a substance that encourages the development of leukaemia, also LEUKAEMOGEN, LEUKEMOGEN. |
| MALEVOLENCES | • malevolences n. Plural of malevolence. • MALEVOLENCE n. the state of being malevolent. |
| METALLOCENES | • metallocenes n. Plural of metallocene. • METALLOCENE n. any one of a class of organometallic sandwich compounds. |
| OVERMEDICATE | • overmedicate v. To medicate excessively. • OVERMEDICATE v. to medicate to excess. |
| SPERMATOCELE | • spermatocele n. A retention cyst of a tubule of the rete testis or the head of the epididymis distended with barely… • SPERMATOCELE n. a cystic swelling of the testicle arising from the epididymis and containing sperm. |
| TACHEOMETERS | • tacheometers n. Plural of tacheometer. • TACHEOMETER n. an instrument for rapidly measuring survey points on a map. |
| TROCHEAMETER | • trocheameter n. (Historical) A device attached to the wheel of a cart, carriage, etc. to measure distance travelled. • TROCHEAMETER n. a hodometer, also TROCHOMETER. |