| CYTOPATHY | • cytopathy n. (Microbiology, pathology) The disease or deterioration of a cell, or of the structures contained within a cell. • CYTOPATHY n. a disease or disorder of a cell. |
| CYTOPATHOLOGY | • cytopathology n. (Cytology, pathology) The branch of pathology that deals with abnormalities of cells. • CYTOPATHOLOGY n. the study of cells in illness. |
| SYMPATHECTOMY | • sympathectomy n. (Neurosurgery) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system. • SYMPATHECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a sympathetic ganglion or other part of the sympathetic system. |
| SYMPATHOLYTIC | • sympatholytic adj. (Medicine) That opposes the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. • sympatholytic n. (Pharmacology) Any medicine having this effect. • SYMPATHOLYTIC adj. inhibiting the action of the sympathetic nervous system. |
| ASYMPTOTICALLY | • asymptotically adv. (Mathematical analysis) In an asymptotical manner, in the way of an asymptote, toward an asymptote. • ASYMPTOTICAL adv. of a line, approaching a curve but meeting it only at infinity, also ASYMPTOTIC. |
| AUTOPHYTICALLY | • AUTOPHYTIC adv. like an autophyte, an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| HYPOSTATICALLY | • hypostatically adv. In a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance. • HYPOSTATICAL adv. relating to hypostasis, also HYPOSTATIC. |
| HYPOTHETICALLY | • hypothetically adv. In a hypothetical way; as a hypothesis. • hypothetically adv. Used to introduce a proposition to discussion without commitment to its truth. • HYPOTHETICAL adv. being or involving a hypothesis. |
| PHOTOLYTICALLY | • photolytically adv. In a photolytic manner. • photolytically adv. By means of photolysis. • PHOTOLYTIC adv. relating to photolysis. |
| PHOTOTYPICALLY | • PHOTOTYPIC adv. of or pertaining to a phototype or phototypy. |
| PROTOTYPICALLY | • prototypically adv. In a prototypical manner. • PROTOTYPICAL adv. relating to a prototype, also PROTOTYPAL, PROTOTYPIC. |
| SYMPATHOLYTICS | • sympatholytics n. Plural of sympatholytic. • SYMPATHOLYTIC n. a sympatholytic drug. |
| ORTHOPSYCHIATRY | • orthopsychiatry n. (Psychiatry) branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young. • ORTHOPSYCHIATRY n. preventive psychiatry for young people. |
| PINOCYTOTICALLY | • pinocytotically adv. By means of, or in terms of, pinocytosis. • PINOCYTOTIC adv. relating to pinocytosis, drinking by cells. |
| POLYSYNTHETICAL | • polysynthetical adj. Alternative form of polysynthetic. • POLYSYNTHETICAL adj. made up of many separate elements, also POLYSYNTHETIC. |
| PROTEOLYTICALLY | • proteolytically adv. By means of proteolysis. • PROTEOLYTIC adv. relating to proteolysis, the disintegration of protein. |
| STEREOTYPICALLY | • stereotypically adv. In a stereotypical manner or way. • STEREOTYPICAL adv. of or like a stereotype, also STEREOTYPIC. |
| SYMPTOMATICALLY | • symptomatically adv. In a symptomatic manner; diagnostically. • symptomatically adv. Directed at symptoms, rather than a cause. • symptomatically adv. Based upon symptoms, rather than a causative agent. |