| AUTOTROPHIC | • autotrophic adj. (Biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using… • AUTOTROPHIC adj. capable of building up food materials from inorganic matter. |
| HAPTOTROPIC | • haptotropic adj. Of or pertaining to haptotropism; moving when touched. • haptotropic adj. (Chemistry) Describing the movement of clusters of atoms between two ligands or other groups. • HAPTOTROPIC adj. curving in response to touch. |
| HEPATOTOXIC | • hepatotoxic adj. Toxic to the liver; causing hepatotoxicity. • HEPATOTOXIC adj. relating to or causing injury to the liver. |
| HETEROTOPIA | • heterotopia n. (Pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body. • heterotopia n. (Ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats. • heterotopia n. (Philosophy, literary criticism) A space which is alien to what is normal within the society, variably… |
| OSTEOPATHIC | • osteopathic adj. Of or pertaining to osteopathy or osteopathic medicine. • OSTEOPATHIC adj. relating to osteopathy. |
| PATHOLOGIST | • pathologist n. An expert in pathology; a specialist who examines samples of body tissues for diagnostic or forensic purpose. • PATHOLOGIST n. a specialist in pathology. |
| PHONOTACTIC | • phonotactic adj. (Linguistics, phonology) Pertaining to phonotactics. • phonotactic adj. Pertaining to phonotaxis. • PHONOTACTIC adj. relating to phonotactics, the area of phonology concerned with the analysis and description of the permitted sound sequences of a language. |
| PHOTOACTIVE | • photoactive adj. Able to convert the energy of light into electricity via photoelectricity. • photoactive adj. Able to react chemically under the influence of light. • PHOTOACTIVE adj. affected physically or chemically by light or other radiation. |
| PHOTOBATHIC | • PHOTOBATHIC adj. designating the zone of the sea where photosynthesis takes place. |
| PHOTONASTIC | • photonastic adj. (Of the growth of a plant) in response to light (and not just in the direction of the light source). • PHOTONASTIC adj. related to photonasty, the adoption of a certain position due to the effect of light on growth. |
| PHOTOSTATIC | • photostatic adj. Relating to xerography. • photostatic adj. (Biochemistry) Relating to photostasis. • PHOTOSTATIC adj. of, made by, or using a photostat. |
| PHOTOTACTIC | • phototactic adj. Of or relating to phototaxis. • PHOTOTACTIC adj. exhibiting phototaxis. |
| PHOTOTAXIES | • PHOTOTAXY n. the movement of an entire organism in response to light. |
| PROTOPATHIC | • protopathic adj. Relating to a sensory nerve that detects the presence of a stimulus without determining its location. • protopathic adj. Relating to first symptoms of a disease, as in the sense of protopathic bias. • PROTOPATHIC adj. pertaining to reception by nerves, etc. of only coarse stimuli such as heat, pain, etc.; pertaining to such nerves. |
| TAPHONOMIST | • taphonomist n. One who studies taphonomy. • TAPHONOMIST n. an expert or specialist in taphonomy. |
| TAUTOPHONIC | • tautophonic adj. Alternative form of tautophonical. • TAUTOPHONIC adj. relating to tautophony, also TAUTOPHONICAL. |
| TROPHOTAXIS | • TROPHOTAXIS n. chemotaxis and chemotropism where the stimulating substance is food. |