| ANTIPSYCHIATRY | • antipsychiatry adj. Opposed to psychiatry. • antipsychiatry n. A form of psychoanalysis based on existentialist and sociological concepts. • ANTIPSYCHIATRY adj. opposed to psychiatry. |
| HYDROXYAPATITES | • hydroxyapatites n. Plural of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYAPATITE n. a complex phosphate of calcium that occurs as a mineral and is the chief structural element of vertebrate bone. |
| HYPNOTISABILITY | • hypnotisability n. Alternative spelling of hypnotizability. • HYPNOTISABILITY n. the quality of being hypnotisable, also HYPNOTIZABILITY. |
| HYPOSTATICALLY | • hypostatically adv. In a hypostatic manner; in terms of actual substance. • HYPOSTATICAL adv. relating to hypostasis, also HYPOSTATIC. |
| ORTHOPSYCHIATRY | • orthopsychiatry n. (Psychiatry) branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young. • ORTHOPSYCHIATRY n. preventive psychiatry for young people. |
| PHYTOSANITARY | • phytosanitary adj. Concerning the health of plants; especially the freedom from pests requiring quarantine. • PHYTOSANITARY adj. of or relating to the health of plants. |
| POLYSYNTHETICAL | • polysynthetical adj. Alternative form of polysynthetic. • POLYSYNTHETICAL adj. made up of many separate elements, also POLYSYNTHETIC. |
| STAPHYLOPLASTY | • staphyloplasty n. (Surgery) Plastic surgery to replace or repair the uvula and the soft palate. • STAPHYLOPLASTY n. plastic surgery involving the soft palate and the uvula. |
| SYMPATHECTOMY | • sympathectomy n. (Neurosurgery) The surgical cutting of a nerve in the sympathetic nervous system. • SYMPATHECTOMY n. the surgical excision of a sympathetic ganglion or other part of the sympathetic system. |
| SYMPATHETICALLY | • sympathetically adv. Owing to or showing evidence of sympathy, or affinity; happening through or demonstrating correspondences… • sympathetically adv. In a manner which demonstrates a sharing in the feelings of others; compassionately. • SYMPATHETICAL adv. (obsolete) sympathetic, also SYMPATHETIC. |
| SYMPATHOLYTIC | • sympatholytic adj. (Medicine) That opposes the stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system. • sympatholytic n. (Pharmacology) Any medicine having this effect. • SYMPATHOLYTIC adj. inhibiting the action of the sympathetic nervous system. |
| SYMPATHOLYTICS | • sympatholytics n. Plural of sympatholytic. • SYMPATHOLYTIC n. a sympatholytic drug. |