| APOPHLEGMATIC | • apophlegmatic adj. (Medicine) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from the mouth or nostrils. • apophlegmatic n. (Medicine) Any apophlegmatic medicine. • APOPHLEGMATIC n. an agent preventing the flow of mucus. |
| APPROXIMATELY | • approximately adv. Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. • APPROXIMATE adv. close together. |
| APPROXIMATIVE | • approximative adj. Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. • approximative n. (Grammar) A grammatical construct that expresses approximation. • APPROXIMATIVE adj. approaching closely. |
| BLEPHAROSPASM | • blepharospasm n. (Medicine) A physiological condition characterized by recurring involuntary twitches or closing of the eyelids. • BLEPHAROSPASM n. a form of constant winking. |
| CAESAROPAPISM | • caesaropapism n. (Government, religion) The combination of state (originally imperial) power with religious authority;… • Caesaropapism n. Alternative letter-case form of caesaropapism. • cæsaropapism n. Obsolete typography of caesaropapism. |
| LAMPADEPHORIA | • LAMPADEPHORIA n. a foot race with lighted torches, esp. a relay race in which torch is passed on, also LAMPADEDROMY. |
| METAPHOSPHATE | • metaphosphate n. (Chemistry) Any salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid. • METAPHOSPHATE n. a salt or ester of a metaphosphoric acid. |
| PAEDOBAPTISMS | • paedobaptisms n. Plural of paedobaptism. • pædobaptisms n. Plural of pædobaptism. • PAEDOBAPTISM n. the doctrine of infant baptism. |
| PARALEIPOMENA | • PARALEIPOMENON n. a thing added as a supplement to a main text, also PARALIPOMENON. |
| PARALIPOMENON | • paralipomenon n. (Biblical) Either of the Books of Chronicles in the Old Testament. • paralipomenon n. (Usually in the plural) An omission, especially one of a book, added later as a supplement. • PARALIPOMENON n. a thing added as a supplement to a main text, also PARALEIPOMENON. |
| PARAMORPHINES | • PARAMORPHINE n. a poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, extracted from opium and used in medicine, aka thebaine. |
| PHARMACOPEIAL | • pharmacopeial adj. (Pharmacy, pharmacology) Of or pertaining to pharmacopeia. • PHARMACOPEIAL adj. of or like a pharmacopeia, also PHARMACOPOEIAL, PHARMACOPOEIAN. |
| PHARMACOPEIAS | • pharmacopeias n. Plural of pharmacopeia. • PHARMACOPEIA n. a book describing drugs and medicinal preparations; a stock of drugs, also PHARMACOPOEIA. |
| PHARMACOPOEIA | • pharmacopoeia n. (Pharmacology) An official book describing medicines or other pharmacological substances, especially… • pharmacopoeia n. (Pharmacology) A collection of drugs. • pharmacopœia n. Obsolete typography of pharmacopoeia. |
| PHARMACOPOEIC | • pharmacopoeic adj. (Pharmacology, pharmacy) Of or pertaining to pharmacopoeia. • pharmacopœic adj. Obsolete form of pharmacopoeic. • PHARMACOPOEIC adj. relating to a pharmacopoeia. |
| PREMENOPAUSAL | • premenopausal adj. (Medicine) Having not yet undergone menopause. • PREMENOPAUSAL adj. preceding the menopause. |
| SUPRATEMPORAL | • supratemporal adj. (Anatomy) Above the temporal lobe. • supratemporal adj. (Philosophy) That transcends time. • supratemporal n. (Anatomy) A supratemporal bone. |