| ABORTIFACIENT | • abortifacient adj. (Pharmacology) Producing miscarriage. • abortifacient n. (Pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion. • ABORTIFACIENT n. a drug used to induce an abortion. |
| ANTIBACTERIAL | • antibacterial adj. (Pharmacology) Killing or inhibiting bacteria. • antibacterial adj. (Archaic) Opposing the theory that diseases are caused by bacteria. • antibacterial n. (Pharmacology) A drug having the effect of killing or inhibiting bacteria. |
| ANTISCORBUTIC | • antiscorbutic adj. (Pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy. • antiscorbutic n. (Pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy. • ANTISCORBUTIC adj. preventive of scurvy, esp. applied to vitamin C or food containing it. |
| ARBITRATRICES | • arbitratrices n. Plural of arbitratrix. • ARBITRATRIX n. (archaic) a female arbitrator. |
| BACTERIOLYTIC | • bacteriolytic adj. Of, relating to, or causing bacteriolysis. • bacteriolytic adj. Antibiotic. • BACTERIOLYTIC adj. relating to bacteriolysis. |
| BACTERIOTOXIN | • bacteriotoxin n. Any toxin produced by a bacterium. • bacteriotoxin n. Any material that is toxic to bacteria. • BACTERIOTOXIN n. a toxin of bacterial origin. |
| BACTERISATION | • BACTERISATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERIZATION. |
| BACTERIZATION | • bacterization n. The act or process of bacterizing. • BACTERIZATION n. treatment with bacteria, also BACTERISATION. |
| CREDITABILITY | • creditability n. The quality of being creditable. • CREDITABILITY n. the quality of being creditable. |
| CRISTOBALITES | • cristobalites n. Plural of cristobalite. • CRISTOBALITE n. a variety of silica. |
| FACTORABILITY | • factorability n. (Mathematics) The condition of being factorable. • FACTORABILITY n. the quality of being factorable. |
| MICROHABITATS | • microhabitats n. Plural of microhabitat. • MICROHABITAT n. the microenvironment in which an organism lives. |
| NITROBACTERIA | • nitrobacteria n. Plural of nitrobacterium. • NITROBACTERIUM n. a bacterium that convert ammonium compounds into nitrites, and esp. those that convert nitrites into nitrates. |
| OBSTETRICIANS | • obstetricians n. Plural of obstetrician. • OBSTETRICIAN n. one who specialises in the care of women during pregnancy. |
| RESECTABILITY | • resectability n. (Surgery) A measure of the expected benefits of a resection. • RESECTABILITY n. the state of being resectable. |
| SUBTRIPLICATE | • subtriplicate adj. (Mathematics) Expressed by the cube root; said especially of ratios. • SUBTRIPLICATE adj. expressed by the cube root. |
| TETRABASICITY | • tetrabasicity n. The quality of being tetrabasic. • TETRABASICITY n. the state of being tetrabasic. |
| TRIPLOBLASTIC | • triploblastic adj. Exhibiting triploblasty. • TRIPLOBLASTIC adj. having an ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm, as in most animal groups other than coelenterates. |