| AMELIORATION | • amelioration n. The act of making better. • amelioration n. An improvement. • amelioration n. (Linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time. |
| CRANIOTOMIES | • craniotomies n. Plural of craniotomy. • CRANIOTOMY n. the operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery. |
| HEROICOMICAL | • heroicomical adj. (Literature) Blending heroic and comical elements. • HEROICOMICAL adj. of a style that mixes the heroic and comic, also HEROICOMIC. |
| IMMODERATION | • immoderation n. Lack of moderation. • IMMODERATION n. the state of being immoderate. |
| IODOMETRICAL | • IODOMETRICAL adj. measured by iodine, also IODOMETRIC. |
| ISOMETROPIAS | • isometropias n. Plural of isometropia. • ISOMETROPIA n. equal refraction of the two eyes. |
| MELIORATIONS | • meliorations n. Plural of melioration. • MELIORATION n. improvement, betterment. |
| MEMORISATION | • memorisation n. Alternative spelling of memorization. • MEMORISATION n. the act of memorising, also MEMORIZATION. |
| MEMORIZATION | • memorization n. The act of committing something to memory or memorizing. • MEMORIZATION n. the act of memorizing, also MEMORISATION. |
| MORIGERATION | • morigeration n. (Obsolete) obsequiousness; obedience. • MORIGERATION n. deferential behaviour. |
| OLIGOSPERMIA | • oligospermia n. (Medicine) Low volume of semen. • OLIGOSPERMIA n. the condition of having less than the normal number of spermatozoa in the semen, a cause of infertility in men. |
| OPERATIONISM | • operationism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that the meaning of a term consists of the operation(s) performed in defining it. • OPERATIONISM n. the theory that defines scientific concepts by means of the operations used to prove or determine them, also OPERATIONALISM. |
| OSMOLARITIES | • osmolarities n. Plural of osmolarity. • OSMOLARITY n. the quality of being osmotic. |
| OVARIOTOMIES | • ovariotomies n. Plural of ovariotomy. • OVARIOTOMY n. the operation of removing one or both of the ovaries, aka oophorectomy. |
| RACHIOTOMIES | • rachiotomies n. Plural of rachiotomy. • RACHIOTOMY n. another name for laminectomy. |
| REMOTIVATION | • remotivation n. A form of therapy attempting to re-establish an interest in the world in institutionalized patients. • REMOTIVATION n. the act of remotivating. |
| RENOMINATION | • renomination n. The act of renominating, of nominating again. • RENOMINATION n. the act of nominating again, e.g. for a second term. |
| SERIOCOMICAL | • seriocomical adj. Seriocomic. • SERIOCOMICAL adj. partly serious and partly comic, also SERIOCOMIC. |
| VARICOTOMIES | • varicotomies n. Plural of varicotomy. • VARICOTOMY n. an incision into a varicose vein. |