| AMPHIARTHROSIS | • amphiarthrosis n. (Anatomy) The type of movable joint in animals in which the surfaces of bones are connected by ligaments or cartilage. • AMPHIARTHROSIS n. a type of articulation permitting only slight movement, as between the vertebrae of the backbone. |
| ANTIARRHYTHMIA | • antiarrhythmia adj. Alternative form of antiarrhythmic. |
| ANTIARRHYTHMIC | • antiarrhythmic adj. (Pharmacology) Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat). • antiarrhythmic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat). • ANTIARRHYTHMIC adj. tending to prevent or relieve cardiac arrhythmia. |
| ARCHIMANDRITES | • archimandrites n. Plural of archimandrite. • ARCHIMANDRITE n. the head of a monastery or convent. |
| BREATHARIANISM | • breatharianism n. The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight. • BREATHARIANISM n. the belief that human beings can be sustained solely by prana, a vital force in the breath. |
| HAMARTHRITISES | • HAMARTHRITIS n. gout in all the joints. |
| HERMAPHRODITIC | • hermaphroditic adj. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite. • hermaphroditic adj. (Biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes. • HERMAPHRODITIC adj. of or like a hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, e.g. of plants usually in the same flower. |
| HIEROGRAMMATIC | • hierogrammatic adj. Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing. • HIEROGRAMMATIC adj. relating to the writing of sacred records. |
| IATROCHEMISTRY | • iatrochemistry n. (Chemistry, medicine) An early branch of chemistry, having roots in alchemy, that tried to provide chemical… • IATROCHEMISTRY n. the application of chemistry to medical theory and treatment. |
| IMPERATORSHIPS | • IMPERATORSHIP n. the office of imperator. |
| MATRIARCHALISM | • matriarchalism n. The quality of being matriarchal. • MATRIARCHALISM n. the state of being matriarchal. |
| PATRIARCHALISM | • patriarchalism n. The quality of being patriarchal. • patriarchalism n. (Historical, politics, philosophy, sometimes uppercase) A political theory which arose in England in… • PATRIARCHALISM n. a patriarchic system. |
| RADIOCHEMISTRY | • radiochemistry n. (Chemistry) the chemistry of radioactive substances. • radiochemistry n. (Chemistry) the use of radioisotopes to study the kinetics of chemical reactions. • RADIOCHEMISTRY n. a branch of chemistry dealing with radioactive substances and phenomena including tracer studies. |
| TRICHROMATISMS | • trichromatisms n. Plural of trichromatism. • TRICHROMATISM n. use of the three primary colors for color reproduction; normal color vision. |
| ULTRARIGHTISMS | • ULTRARIGHTISM n. adherence to extreme right-wing policies. |