| BATHOPHILOUS | • bathophilous adj. (Biology) That inhabits very deep water. • BATHOPHILOUS adj. of an organism, living in very deep water. |
| BLOODTHIRSTY | • bloodthirsty adj. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous. • bloodthirsty adj. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent. • bloodthirsty adj. (Humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood. |
| BUTTONHOLERS | • buttonholers n. Plural of buttonholer. • BUTTONHOLER n. a person or sewing-machine attachment that makes buttonholes. |
| CHONDROBLAST | • chondroblast n. A cell which originates from a mesenchymal stem cell and forms chondrocytes. • CHONDROBLAST n. a cell that forms cartilage. |
| 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. |
| HOMOBLASTIES | • HOMOBLASTY n. the state of being homoblastic, derived from similar cells. |
| LUCKENBOOTHS | • LUCKENBOOTH n. (Scots) a shop or booth esp. in 18th century Edinburgh. |
| 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. |
| PHOTOLYSABLE | • photolysable adj. Capable of photolysis. • PHOTOLYSABLE adj. capable of being photolysed, also PHOTOLYZABLE. |
| THROMBOLYSES | • THROMBOLYSIS n. the breaking up of a blood clot. |
| THROMBOLYSIS | • thrombolysis n. The breaking down of blood clots by pharmacological or other means. • THROMBOLYSIS n. the breaking up of a blood clot. |
| 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. |
| TROUBLESHOOT | • troubleshoot v. (Transitive, intransitive) To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining… • TROUBLESHOOT v. to solve problems. |