| BATHOPHILOUS | • bathophilous adj. (Biology) That inhabits very deep water. • BATHOPHILOUS adj. of an organism, living in very deep water. |
| HAPLOBIONTIC | • haplobiontic adj. (Biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in… • HAPLOBIONTIC adj. of or like a haplobiont, an organism living in a salt environment. |
| HAPTOGLOBINS | • haptoglobins n. Plural of haptoglobin. • HAPTOGLOBIN n. a protein that combines with free haemoglobin in the blood and prevents its filtration through the kidney. |
| PATHOBIOLOGY | • pathobiology n. (Biology) The branch of biology that deals with pathology with greater emphasis on the biological than… • pathobiology n. (Medicine) pathology (in any of its senses: study of disease, instance of disease, mechanism of disease). • pathobiology n. (Medicine) The biologic explanations of pathogenesis, to include both pathoanatomy and pathophysiology. |
| PHLEBOTOMIES | • phlebotomies n. Plural of phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMY n. the surgical opening of a vein to draw blood. |
| PHLEBOTOMISE | • phlebotomise v. Alternative form of phlebotomize. • PHLEBOTOMISE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMIZE. |
| PHLEBOTOMIST | • phlebotomist n. A practitioner of phlebotomy. • PHLEBOTOMIST n. one who carries out phlebotomies. |
| PHLEBOTOMIZE | • phlebotomize v. (Transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a vein): to open (a vein) to withdraw or let blood. • phlebotomize v. (Transitive) To perform a phlebotomy on (a person): to open a vein of (a person) to withdraw or let blood. • phlebotomize v. (Intransitive) To perform a phlebotomy; to open a vein to withdraw or let blood. |
| PHOTOBIOLOGY | • photobiology n. The study of the effects of light on living organisms, and on biological processes. • PHOTOBIOLOGY n. the study of the effects of light on organisms. |
| PHOTOBLOGGED | • PHOTOBLOG v. to keep a photoblog. |
| PHOTOLYSABLE | • photolysable adj. Capable of photolysis. • PHOTOLYSABLE adj. capable of being photolysed, also PHOTOLYZABLE. |
| PHOTOLYZABLE | • photolyzable adj. Alternative form of photolysable. • PHOTOLYZABLE adj. capable of being photolyzed, also PHOTOLYSABLE. |
| TROPHOBLASTS | • trophoblasts n. Plural of trophoblast. • TROPHOBLAST n. the outermost layer of cells in the morula that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and acts as a nutritive pathway. |