| ALLOTETRAPLOID | • allotetraploid adj. Amphidiploid. • allotetraploid adj. (Genetics) Having four sets of chromosomes derived from different species. • allotetraploid n. Amphidiploid. |
| ANTIDEPRESSANT | • antidepressant n. (Pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression. • antidepressant adj. (Pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression. • anti-depressant n. Alternative spelling of antidepressant. |
| 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. |
| CATADIOPTRICAL | • catadioptrical adj. Catadioptric. • CATADIOPTRICAL adj. relating to or employing both reflection and refraction, as in the construction of some long-focal-length photographic lenses, also CATADIOPTRIC. |
| DEPARTMENTALLY | • departmentally adv. In a departmental manner; affecting departments. • DEPARTMENTAL adv. relating to a department. |
| DERMATOPLASTIC | • dermatoplastic adj. Of or relating to dermoplasty. • DERMATOPLASTIC adj. relating to dermatoplasty, a plastic operation on the skin. |
| DISCEPTATORIAL | • DISCEPTATORIAL adj. (obsolete) relating to debate. |
| HYDROXYAPATITE | • hydroxyapatite n. A basic calcium phosphate mineral that is the principal inorganic constituent of bone and teeth. • HYDROXYAPATITE n. a complex phosphate of calcium that occurs as a mineral and is the chief structural element of vertebrate bone. |
| IMPARIDIGITATE | • imparidigitate adj. (Anatomy) Having an odd number of fingers or toes. • IMPARIDIGITATE adj. having an odd number of fingers on each limb. |
| PANCREATITIDES | • pancreatitides n. Plural of pancreatitis. • PANCREATITIS n. inflammation of the pancreas. |
| POSTGRADUATION | • postgraduation n. (Followed by noun) After graduation; the time after graduation. • POSTGRADUATION n. the period of time following graduation. |
| PREADAPTATIONS | • preadaptations n. Plural of preadaptation. • PREADAPTATION n. a character of an organism or taxonomic group that takes on a function when none previously existed or that differs from its existing function which has been derived by evolution. |
| PROCRASTINATED | • procrastinated v. Simple past tense and past participle of procrastinate. • PROCRASTINATE v. to put off intentionally and habitually. |
| RADIOTHERAPIST | • radiotherapist n. A therapist who specialises in radiotherapy. • RADIOTHERAPIST n. one who practises radiotherapy. |
| SUPERSATURATED | • supersaturated adj. (Chemistry, physics, of a solution) More concentrated than is normally possible. • supersaturated adj. (Physics, of a vapor) Having a vapor pressure higher than is normally possible. • supersaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of supersaturate. |
| ULTRACREPIDATE | • ultracrepidate v. To venture beyond one’s competence or purview. • ULTRACREPIDATE v. to criticize beyond sphere of one's knowledge. |