| CHLAMYDOSPORE | • chlamydospore n. A thick-walled spore that is the resting stage of some bacteria. • CHLAMYDOSPORE n. a thick-walled usually resting fungal spore. |
| CHROMOTHERAPY | • chromotherapy n. (Alternative medicine) A form of alternative medicine involving the therapeutic use of colour and light. • CHROMOTHERAPY n. colour therapy using red, green and violet as three primary colours. |
| COMPANIONABLY | • companionably adv. In a companionable manner; agreeably, sociably. • COMPANIONABLE adv. sociable, also COMPANIABLE. |
| COMPANIONWAYS | • companionways n. Plural of companionway. • COMPANIONWAY n. the stairs from upper deck of ship to lower deck. |
| ENCEPHALOTOMY | • encephalotomy n. The dissection of the brain. • ENCEPHALOTOMY n. dissection of the brain. |
| GYROCOMPASSES | • gyrocompasses n. Plural of gyrocompass. • gyro␣compasses n. Plural of gyro compass. • GYROCOMPASS n. a compass which indicates direction by the freely moving axis of a rapidly spinning wheel. |
| HOMOEOTYPICAL | • HOMOEOTYPICAL adj. denoting or relating to the second nuclear division of meiosis, which resembles mitosis, also HOMEOTYPICAL. |
| LYMPHOSARCOMA | • lymphosarcoma n. (Pathology) A diffuse malignant lymphoma. • LYMPHOSARCOMA n. a tumour of the lymph glands. |
| MYCETOPHAGOUS | • mycetophagous adj. That feeds on fungi. • MYCETOPHAGOUS adj. eating fungi. |
| MYCOPLASMOSES | • mycoplasmoses n. Plural of mycoplasmosis. • MYCOPLASMOSIS n. infection by Mycoplasma. |
| MYCOPLASMOSIS | • mycoplasmosis n. Infection by Mycoplasma bacteria. • MYCOPLASMOSIS n. infection by Mycoplasma. |
| MYTHOPOETICAL | • mythopoetical adj. (Mythology) Pertaining to the creation of myths; pertaining to mythopoiesis. • MYTHOPOETICAL adj. relating to mythopoeia. |
| OMOPLATOSCOPY | • omoplatoscopy n. Divination by use of a shoulder blade. • OMOPLATOSCOPY n. divination by observing the cracks in a burning shoulder-blade. |
| PHARMACOGNOSY | • pharmacognosy n. A branch of pharmacology that studies medical substances that are derived from natural sources, and their recognition. • PHARMACOGNOSY n. the study of drugs of animal and plant origin. |
| PHOTODYNAMICS | • photodynamics n. The study of the activating effects of light on living organisms. • PHOTODYNAMICS n. the branch of biology concerned with the effects of light on the actions of plants and animals. |
| POLYCHROMATIC | • polychromatic adj. Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours; multicoloured. • polychromatic adj. (Physics, of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength. • POLYCHROMATIC adj. showing a variety or a change of colors. |
| POMOLOGICALLY | • pomologically adv. In a pomological way. • POMOLOGICAL adv. relating to pomology. |
| POSTVASECTOMY | • postvasectomy adj. After a vasectomy. • POSTVASECTOMY adj. following a vasectomy. |
| PROSTATECTOMY | • prostatectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland. • PROSTATECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the prostate gland. |
| PSYCHOSOMATIC | • psychosomatic adj. (Now rare) Pertaining to both the mind and the body. • psychosomatic adj. (Medicine, psychology) Pertaining to physical diseases, symptoms etc. which have mental causes. • PSYCHOSOMATIC adj. of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body. |