| ACTINOTHERAPY | • actinotherapy n. (Medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy. • ACTINOTHERAPY n. the use of ultraviolet and other actinic rays in medical treatment. |
| ADIATHERMANCY | • adiathermancy n. (Obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat. • ADIATHERMANCY n. impermeability to radiant energy. |
| ANTHRACYCLINE | • anthracycline n. (Pharmacology) any of a class of antibiotic, chemotherapeutic agents used to treat cancer. • ANTHRACYCLINE n. any of a class of antineoplastic drugs (as doxorubicin) derived from an actinomycete of the genus Streptomyces. |
| BREATHALYSING | • breathalysing v. Present participle of breathalyse, an alternative spelling of breathalyze. • BREATHALYSE v. to use a device which measures the amount of alcohol on a person's breath, also BREATHALYZE. |
| BREATHALYZING | • breathalyzing v. Present participle of breathalyze. • BREATHALYZE v. to use a device which measures the amount of alcohol on a person's breath, also BREATHALYSE. |
| HYALURONIDASE | • hyaluronidase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid. • HYALURONIDASE n. a mucolytic enzyme that facilitates the spread of fluids through tissues by lowering the viscosity of hyaluronic acid. |
| HYPERRATIONAL | • hyperrational adj. Extremely rational. • HYPERRATIONAL adj. excessively rational. |
| HYPONATRAEMIA | • hyponatraemia n. Alternative spelling of hyponatremia. • hyponatræmia n. Alternative form of hyponatraemia. • HYPONATRAEMIA n. deficiency of sodium in the blood. |
| HYPONATRAEMIC | • hyponatraemic adj. Alternative form of hyponatremic. |
| HYPONATREMIAS | • hyponatremias n. Plural of hyponatremia. |
| HYSTEROMANIAS | • HYSTEROMANIA n. hysterical mania, often marked by erotic delusions and an excessive desire to attract attention. |
| INTRATHECALLY | • intrathecally adv. In an intrathecal way; into the spinal canal. • INTRATHECAL adv. introduced into or occurring in the space under the arachnoid membrane of the brain or spinal cord. |
| PARASYNTHESIS | • parasynthesis n. (Grammar) The formation of words by a combination of compounding and adding an affix, as in brown-eyed. • parasynthesis n. (Grammar) The formation of words in which the prefixing and the suffixing are involved simultaneously… • PARASYNTHESIS n. the derivation of words using hyphenated compounds. |
| PARASYNTHETIC | • parasynthetic adj. (Grammar) Being a compound word formed by parasynthesis, i.e. by adding several affixes simultaneously… • PARASYNTHETIC adj. relating to parasynthesis. |