| ACETAMINOPHEN | • acetaminophen n. (North America) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever. • ACETAMINOPHEN n. (US) paracetamol, a chemical compound used in medicine to relieve pain and fever. |
| ANTHROPOGENIC | • anthropogenic adj. Pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny. • anthropogenic adj. Having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature. • ANTHROPOGENIC adj. pertaining to anthropogeny, the study of human generation or evolution. |
| ANTINEPHRITIC | • antinephritic adj. (Pharmacology) Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. • antinephritic n. An antinephritic remedy. • ANTINEPHRITIC adj. acting against diseases of the kidney. |
| CHANNELOPATHY | • channelopathy n. (Medicine) Any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel subunits… |
| CONTAINERSHIP | • containership n. Alternative spelling of container ship. • containership n. (Object-oriented programming) The conceptual containment of one object inside another. • container␣ship n. (Nautical) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers. |
| HAPPENSTANCES | • happenstances n. Plural of happenstance. • HAPPENSTANCE n. a circumstance esp. that is due to chance, also HAPPENCHANCE. |
| HYPNOANALYTIC | • hypnoanalytic adj. Relating to hypnoanalysis. • HYPNOANALYTIC adj. related to hypnoanalysis, psychoanalysis conducted on a hypnotized person. |
| METENCEPHALON | • metencephalon n. (Neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise. • METENCEPHALON n. the anterior segment of the developing vertebrate hindbrain. |
| NONALPHABETIC | • nonalphabetic adj. Not alphabetic. • NONALPHABETIC adj. not alphabetic. |
| NONPATHOGENIC | • nonpathogenic adj. Not pathogenic. • NONPATHOGENIC adj. not causing disease. |
| PANTECHNICONS | • pantechnicons n. Plural of pantechnicon. • PANTECHNICON n. a usually enclosed wagon or motortruck used for transportation of goods or animals. |
| PARTHENOGENIC | • parthenogenic adj. (Biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, parthenogenesis. |
| PATHOGNOMONIC | • pathognomonic adj. (Medicine, of a sign or symptom) specifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition. • PATHOGNOMONIC adj. distinctively characteristic of a particular disease. |
| PHOTOSCANNING | • PHOTOSCAN v. to scan photographically. |
| PHTHALOCYANIN | • phthalocyanin n. Alternative form of phthalocyanine. • PHTHALOCYANIN n. any of a group of green and blue organic colouring matters of great fastness and brilliance, also PHTHALOCYANINE. |
| PHYCOXANTHINS | • PHYCOXANTHIN n. a yellow pigment found in diatoms, brown seaweeds etc. |
| TECHNOPOLITAN | • TECHNOPOLITAN n. a member of a technopolis. |
| TELENCEPHALON | • telencephalon n. (Neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain. • TELENCEPHALON n. the anterior subdivision of the embryonic forebrain or corresponding part of the adult forebrain. |