| ADRENALECTOMY | • adrenalectomy n. (Surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands. • ADRENALECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the adrenal glands. |
| AMBIVALENCIES | • AMBIVALENCY n. simultaneous and contradictory feelings toward something, also AMBIVALENCE. |
| ANEMOMETRICAL | • anemometrical adj. Alternative form of anemometric. • ANEMOMETRICAL adj. relating to anemometry, also ANEMOMETRIC. |
| ASSEMBLAUNCES | • assemblaunces n. Plural of assemblaunce. • ASSEMBLAUNCE n. (Spenser) an assembly, also ASSEMBLANCE. |
| CATECHOLAMINE | • catecholamine n. (Biochemistry) Any of a class of aromatic amines derived from pyrocatechol that are hormones produced… • CATECHOLAMINE n. any of various amines, such as epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine, that function as hormones or neurotransmitters or both. |
| ENCEPHALOGRAM | • encephalogram n. (Medicine) An image of the brain obtained by encephalography. • ENCEPHALOGRAM n. an X-ray picture of the brain made by encephalography. |
| ENCEPHALOMATA | • encephalomata n. Plural of encephaloma. • ENCEPHALOMA n. a brain tumour. |
| GAMOGENETICAL | • GAMOGENETICAL adj. relating to gamogenesis, sexual reproduction, also GAMOGENETIC. |
| MACRENCEPHALY | • macrencephaly n. The condition of having an enlarged brain, usually as a component of any of various congenital syndromes… • MACRENCEPHALY n. the condition of having an abnormally large brain, also MACRENCEPHALIA, MACROCEPHALIA. |
| MECAMYLAMINES | • MECAMYLAMINE n. a drug used orally as a ganglionic blocking agent to effect a rapid lowering of severely elevated blood pressure. |
| MYELENCEPHALA | • myelencephala n. Plural of myelencephalon. • MYELENCEPHALON n. the posterior part of the developing vertebrate hindbrain or the corresponding part of the adult brain composed of the medulla oblongata. |
| PALEOMAGNETIC | • paleomagnetic adj. (US, geology) Relating to paleomagnetism or to paleomagnetics. • PALEOMAGNETIC adj. relating to paleomagnetism. |
| PREDICAMENTAL | • predicamental adj. Relating to a predicament. • PREDICAMENTAL adj. of or like a predicament. |
| THERMOBALANCE | • thermobalance n. An instrument that measures the change in weight of a sample while it is being heated. • THERMOBALANCE n. an analytical balance that measures weight changes when matter is heated. |
| UNIMPEACHABLE | • unimpeachable adj. Not able to be impeached or reproached. • unimpeachable adj. Blameless. • unimpeachable adj. Beyond doubt. |
| UNRECLAIMABLE | • unreclaimable adj. Not reclaimable. • UNRECLAIMABLE adj. that cannot be reclaimed. |
| VRAISEMBLANCE | • vraisemblance n. (Literary theory) verisimilitude. • VRAISEMBLANCE n. verisimilitude. |