| ACHONDROPLASIA | • achondroplasia n. (Teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism. • ACHONDROPLASIA n. a condition where cartilage does not develop normally, resulting in dwarfism. |
| ANDROCEPHALOUS | • androcephalous adj. Having a human head (upon an animal’s body), like the Egyptian sphinx. • ANDROCEPHALOUS adj. with a human head. |
| CHLAMYDOSPORES | • chlamydospores n. Plural of chlamydospore. • CHLAMYDOSPORE n. a thick-walled usually resting fungal spore. |
| DYSMENORRHOEAL | • dysmenorrhoeal adj. Alternative form of dysmenorrheal. • dysmenorrhœal adj. Obsolete form of dysmenorrheal. • DYSMENORRHOEAL adj. suffering from dysmenorrhoea, painful menstruation, also DYSMENORRHEAL. |
| HYDROCEPHALOUS | • hydrocephalous adj. Having a swollen head. • hydrocephalous adj. (Medicine) Afflicted with hydrocephalus. • HYDROCEPHALOUS adj. suffering from hydrocephaly, also HYDROCEPHALIC. |
| HYDROLYSATIONS | • hydrolysations n. Plural of hydrolysation. • HYDROLYSATION n. the process of hydrolysing, also HYDROLYZATION. |
| HYDROLYZATIONS | • hydrolyzations n. Plural of hydrolyzation. • HYDROLYZATION n. the process of hydrolyzing, also HYDROLYSATION. |
| HYDROXYLATIONS | • hydroxylations n. Plural of hydroxylation. • HYDROXYLATION n. the act of hydroxylating. |
| ORTHODIAGONALS | • orthodiagonals n. Plural of orthodiagonal. • ORTHODIAGONAL n. in a monoclinic crystal, that lateral axis which is perpendicular to the vertical axis. |
| ORTHOGONALISED | • orthogonalised v. Simple past tense and past participle of orthogonalise. • ORTHOGONALISE v. to make orthogonal, also ORTHOGONALIZE. |
| PHOSPHORYLATED | • phosphorylated v. Simple past tense and past participle of phosphorylate. • phosphorylated adj. (Chemistry) reacted or combined with phosphoric acid. • PHOSPHORYLATE v. to cause (an organic compound) to take up or combine with phosphoric acid or a phosphorus-containing group. |
| RHABDOMYOLYSES | • rhabdomyolyses n. Plural of rhabdomyolysis. |
| RHABDOMYOLYSIS | • rhabdomyolysis n. (Medicine) The rapid disintegration of striated muscle tissue accompanied by the excretion of myoglobin in the urine. |
| SCALENOHEDRONS | • scalenohedrons n. Plural of scalenohedron. • SCALENOHEDRON n. a hemihedral form bounded in the hexagonal system by twelve, in the tetragonal by eight, faces, each a scalene triangle. |
| SCHOOLMASTERED | • schoolmastered v. Simple past tense and past participle of schoolmaster. • SCHOOLMASTER v. to act as a schoolmaster to. |
| SUPRACHOROIDAL | • suprachoroidal adj. (Anatomy) suprachoroid. • SUPRACHOROIDAL adj. relating to, or being the layer of loose connective tissue situated between the choroid and sclerotic coats of the eyeball. |