| ALYCOMPAINES | • ALYCOMPAINE n. an old name for the plant elecampane. |
| AMINOPYRINES | • aminopyrines n. Plural of aminopyrine. • AMINOPYRINE n. a drug formerly used to relieve pain and fever. |
| AMYLOPECTINS | • amylopectins n. Plural of amylopectin. • AMYLOPECTIN n. the major component of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains. |
| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| CRYPTOMNESIA | • cryptomnesia n. (Psychology) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience. • CRYPTOMNESIA n. latent or subconscious memory. |
| FOREPAYMENTS | • forepayments n. Plural of forepayment. • FOREPAYMENT n. payment in advance. |
| HYMENOPLASTY | • hymenoplasty n. (Medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman’s hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken… • HYMENOPLASTY n. surgical reconstruction of the hymen to give the appearance of virginity, usually for religious or cultural reasons. |
| HYPERSOMNIAS | • hypersomnias n. Plural of hypersomnia. • HYPERSOMNIA n. a pathological tendency to sleep excessively. |
| IMPERSONALLY | • impersonally adv. In an impersonal manner. • IMPERSONAL adv. denoting the verbal action of an unspecified agent and hence used with no expressed subject (as methinks) or with a merely formal subject (as rained in it rained). |
| LYMPHOPENIAS | • lymphopenias n. Plural of lymphopenia. • LYMPHOPENIA n. an abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood. |
| OVERPAYMENTS | • overpayments n. Plural of overpayment. • OVERPAYMENT n. an excessive payment. |
| PROPYLAMINES | • propylamines n. Plural of propylamine. • PROPYLAMINE n. an amine of propyl. |
| PROSENCHYMAS | • PROSENCHYMA n. supporting plant tissue containing little protoplasm. |
| PYRANOMETERS | • pyranometers n. Plural of pyranometer. • PYRANOMETER n. another name for a solarimeter. |
| SPERMATOGENY | • spermatogeny n. The generation of spermatozoa. • SPERMATOGENY n. the formation of spermatozoa. |
| SPLENOMEGALY | • splenomegaly n. (Pathology) An enlargement of the spleen. • SPLENOMEGALY n. abnormal enlargement of the spleen. |
| SYNAPTOSOMES | • synaptosomes n. Plural of synaptosome. • SYNAPTOSOME n. a nerve ending that is isolated from homogenized nerve tissue. |
| TRYPANOSOMES | • trypanosomes n. Plural of trypanosome. • TRYPANOSOME n. a parasite causing sleeping sickness. |