| BRONCHODILATOR | • bronchodilator n. (Medicine) Any drug used to dilate and relax the bronchial passages and ease the flow of air to the lungs. • BRONCHODILATOR n. a drug that relaxes bronchial muscle resulting in expansion of the bronchial air passages. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIA | • claustrophobia n. The fear of closed, tight places. • CLAUSTROPHOBIA n. fear of closed spaces. |
| CLAUSTROPHOBIC | • claustrophobic adj. (Psychology) Suffering from claustrophobia; being scared of being enclosed in a confined space. • claustrophobic adj. Cramped and confined, so as to induce claustrophobia. • claustrophobic n. Someone with claustrophobia. |
| ETHNOBOTANICAL | • ethnobotanical adj. Of or pertaining to ethnobotany. • ethnobotanical n. Any plant used as part of ethnobotany, as for example in a folk remedy. • ETHNOBOTANICAL adj. relating to ethnobotany. |
| HEMIMETABOLOUS | • hemimetabolous adj. Exhibiting hemimetabolism. • HEMIMETABOLOUS adj. characterized by incomplete metamorphosis. |
| HOLOMETABOLISM | • holometabolism n. (Entomology) The complete metamorphosis of an insect. • HOLOMETABOLISM n. of an insect, complete metabolism. |
| HONORABILITIES | • honorabilities n. Plural of honorability. • HONORABILITY n. being honorable, also HONOURABILITY. |
| LABYRINTHODONT | • labyrinthodont adj. (Zoology) Having teeth with a labyrinthine (maze-like) internal structure. • labyrinthodont n. Any extinct amphibian of the subclass Labyrinthodontia. • LABYRINTHODONT n. an extinct amphibian, so called from a mazy pattern on a section of its teeth. |
| METHAEMOGLOBIN | • methaemoglobin n. Alternative spelling of methemoglobin. • methæmoglobin n. Alternative spelling of methemoglobin. • METHAEMOGLOBIN n. a brown compound of oxygen and haemoglobin formed in the blood by the action of certain drugs. |
| PATHOBIOLOGIES | • pathobiologies n. Plural of pathobiology. • PATHOBIOLOGY n. the biology of disease. |
| THROMBOPHILIAS | • thrombophilias n. Plural of thrombophilia. • THROMBOPHILIA n. combined inflammation and thrombosis of a vein. |
| THROMBOPLASTIC | • thromboplastic adj. Causing or accelerating the formation of blood clots. • THROMBOPLASTIC adj. initiating or accelerating the clotting of blood. |
| THROMBOPLASTIN | • thromboplastin n. (Biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood. • THROMBOPLASTIN n. a complex enzyme found esp. in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood. |