| CAMPHORACEOUS | • camphoraceous adj. Of, relating to, similar to, or containing camphor. • CAMPHORACEOUS adj. like camphor. |
| CAMPYLOBACTER | • campylobacter n. Any bacteria of the genus Campylobacter; a principal cause of food poisoning. • Campylobacter prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Campylobacteraceae – the campylobacter bacteria. • CAMPYLOBACTER n. a bacterium that is a common cause of gastroenteritis in humans, and also of abortion in cattle and sheep. |
| HYPERCALCEMIA | • hypercalcemia n. (Biology, medicine) The presence of an unusually high concentration of calcium in the blood. • HYPERCALCEMIA n. an excess of calcium in the blood, also HYPERCALCAEMIA. |
| IMPRACTICABLE | • impracticable adj. Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice. • impracticable adj. (Of a passage or road) impassable. • impracticable adj. (Obsolete, of a person or thing) unmanageable. |
| IMPRACTICABLY | • impracticably adv. In an impracticable way. • IMPRACTICABLE adv. not practicable. |
| IMPRACTICALLY | • impractically adv. In an impractical manner. • IMPRACTICAL adv. not practical. |
| MACRENCEPHALY | • macrencephaly n. The condition of having an enlarged brain, usually as a component of any of various congenital syndromes… • MACRENCEPHALY n. the condition of having an abnormally large brain, also MACRENCEPHALIA, MACROCEPHALIA. |
| MACROCEPHALIA | • macrocephalia n. (Medicine) Macrocephaly. • MACROCEPHALIA n. the condition of having an abnormally large brain, also MACRENCEPHALIA, MACRENCEPHALY. |
| MACROCEPHALIC | • macrocephalic adj. Having an abnormally large or elongated head. • macrocephalic adj. (Geography) Characterized by a disproportionate concentration of population and activities in a single… • MACROCEPHALIC adj. having an abnormally large head or skull. |
| MACROPINACOID | • macropinacoid n. (Crystallography) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical… • MACROPINACOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINAKOID. |
| PHARMACEUTICS | • pharmaceutics n. The art and science of dispensing medical drugs. • pharmaceutics n. (Plural only) medicines, drugs, or other pharmaceutical compounds. • PHARMACEUTICS n. the science of preparing medicines. |
| PHARMACOLOGIC | • pharmacologic adj. (Pharmacology) Relating to pharmacology. • pharmacologic n. Such a drug. • PHARMACOLOGIC adj. relating to pharmacology, also PHARMACOLOGICAL. |
| PHARMACOPOEIC | • pharmacopoeic adj. (Pharmacology, pharmacy) Of or pertaining to pharmacopoeia. • pharmacopœic adj. Obsolete form of pharmacopoeic. • PHARMACOPOEIC adj. relating to a pharmacopoeia. |
| PRACTICALISMS | • PRACTICALISM n. devotion to what is practical. |
| SUPRACHIASMIC | • SUPRACHIASMIC adj. above the chiasm (esp. in suprachiasmic nucleus, a small area in the hypothalamus thought to regulate the biological clock). |