| ADENOIDECTOMIES | • adenoidectomies n. Plural of adenoidectomy. • ADENOIDECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the adenoids, also ADENECTOMY. |
| CHOLESTEROLEMIA | • cholesterolemia n. (Medicine) The presence of cholesterol in the blood. • CHOLESTEROLEMIA n. the presence of abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the blood. |
| DIASTEREOISOMER | • diastereoisomer n. (Chemistry) A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed… • DIASTEREOISOMER n. a stereoisomer that is not an enantiomorph, also DIASTEREOMER. |
| ELECTROMOTANCES | • ELECTROMOTANCE n. the force of an electric current. |
| ENCEPHALOTOMIES | • ENCEPHALOTOMY n. dissection of the brain. |
| HAEMOCYTOMETERS | • haemocytometers n. Plural of haemocytometer. • HAEMOCYTOMETER n. an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting, also HEMOCYTOMETER. |
| HETERONORMATIVE | • heteronormative adj. Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value heterosexuality, heterosexual… • HETERONORMATIVE adj. regarding heterosexual relationships as the social norm. |
| LOATHSOMENESSES | • loathsomenesses n. Plural of loathsomeness. • LOATHSOMENESS n. LOATHSOME, abhorrent, also LOTHSOME. |
| MECHANORECEPTOR | • mechanoreceptor n. (Biology) any receptor that provides an organism with information about mechanical changes in its environment… • MECHANORECEPTOR n. a neural end organ (as a tactile receptor) that responds to a mechanical stimulus (as a change in pressure). |
| NEUROECTODERMAL | • neuroectodermal adj. Of or pertaining to the neuroectoderm. • NEUROECTODERMAL adj. as in peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumour, another name for Ewing's sarcoma. |
| OVERCOMPENSATED | • overcompensated v. Simple past tense and past participle of overcompensate. • OVERCOMPENSATE v. to compensate excessively. |
| OVERCOMPENSATES | • overcompensates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcompensate. • OVERCOMPENSATE v. to compensate excessively. |
| PSEUDOCOELOMATE | • pseudocoelomate adj. Of, pertaining to, or possessing a pseudocoel. • pseudocoelomate n. Such an animal. • PSEUDOCOELOMATE n. an invertebrate (as a nematode or rotifer) having a body cavity that is a pseudocoel. |
| THERMOBAROMETER | • thermobarometer n. (Obsolete, physics) An instrument that measured altitudes via the boiling point of water. • thermobarometer n. (Geology) A mineral used to estimate temperature and pressure in the rocks during its formation. • THERMOBAROMETER n. an apparatus that provides an accurate measurement of pressure by observation of the change in the boiling point of a fluid. |