| ABDOMINOPLASTY | • abdominoplasty n. (Surgery, uncountable) The surgical removal of excess flesh from the abdomen, usually for cosmetic reasons. • abdominoplasty n. (Countable) An instance of such surgery; one operation (procedure). • ABDOMINOPLASTY n. a plastic surgery procedure for the stomach. |
| ACHONDROPLASIA | • achondroplasia n. (Teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism. • ACHONDROPLASIA n. a condition where cartilage does not develop normally, resulting in dwarfism. |
| AEROHYDROPLANE | • AEROHYDROPLANE n. a winged hydroplane or flying-boat. |
| ALLOTETRAPLOID | • allotetraploid adj. Amphidiploid. • allotetraploid adj. (Genetics) Having four sets of chromosomes derived from different species. • allotetraploid n. Amphidiploid. |
| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| AUTOTETRAPLOID | • autotetraploid adj. (Genetics) tetraploid because of the doubling of an ancestral chromosome. • autotetraploid n. Such a cell or organism. • AUTOTETRAPLOID n. an individual or strain whose chromosome complement consists of four copies of a single genome due to doubling of an ancestral chromosome complement. |
| DEPOLARISATION | • depolarisation n. Alternative spelling of depolarization. • DEPOLARISATION n. the act of depolarising, also DEPOLARIZATION. |
| DEPOLARIZATION | • depolarization n. The act of reducing polarity, or the result of such action; reduction to an unpolarized or less polarized condition. • DEPOLARIZATION n. the act of depolarizing, also DEPOLARISATION. |
| LYMPHOADENOMAS | • LYMPHOADENOMA n. a tumour of the lymph glands, aka Hodgkin's disease. |
| MALAPPORTIONED | • malapportioned adj. (Politics) Of an electoral district, characterized by a disproportionate distribution of representatives… • MALAPPORTIONED adj. characterized by an inequitable or unsuitable apportioning of representatives to a legislative body. |
| PALAEOPEDOLOGY | • palaeopedology n. Alternative spelling of paleopedology. • palæopedology n. Obsolete spelling of paleopedology. • PALAEOPEDOLOGY n. the study of early soils. |
| PARADOXOLOGIES | • paradoxologies n. Plural of paradoxology. • PARADOXOLOGY n. the holding or maintaining of paradoxes. |
| SUPRACHOROIDAL | • suprachoroidal adj. (Anatomy) suprachoroid. • SUPRACHOROIDAL adj. relating to, or being the layer of loose connective tissue situated between the choroid and sclerotic coats of the eyeball. |