| BISPHOSPHONATE | • bisphosphonate n. (Chemistry) Any of a class of organic compounds having two phosphate groups attached to a single carbon atom. • bisphosphonate n. (Medicine) Any of several pharmaceuticals having this structure; they are inhibitors of bone resorption… • BISPHOSPHONATE n. any of a family of drugs primarily used to prevent and treat osteoporosis. |
| BOUSTROPHEDONS | • boustrophedons n. Plural of boustrophedon. • BOUSTROPHEDON n. (Greek) a method of writing in which lines are written alternately in opposite direction, from left to right, and right to left. |
| BRONCHOSCOPIES | • bronchoscopies n. Plural of bronchoscopy (plural count noun sense denoting instances of the mass noun sense [i.e., countable… • BRONCHOSCOPY n. examination of the bronchi. |
| BRONCHOSCOPIST | • bronchoscopist n. One who carries out bronchoscopy. • BRONCHOSCOPIST n. one who uses a bronchoscope, an instrument for examining the windpipe. |
| BRONCHOSPASTIC | • bronchospastic adj. Relating to, or causing, bronchospasm. • BRONCHOSPASTIC adj. relating to bronchospasm. |
| COMPASSIONABLE | • compassionable adj. (Archaic) Deserving compassion or pity. • compassionable adj. (Obsolete) Having, feeling, or showing compassion. • COMPASSIONABLE adj. worthy of compassion. |
| MALABSORPTIONS | • malabsorptions n. Plural of malabsorption. • MALABSORPTION n. faulty absorption esp. of nutrient materials from the gastrointestinal tract. |
| OPISTHOBRANCHS | • opisthobranchs n. Plural of opisthobranch. • OPISTHOBRANCH n. a type of mollusc having gills, little or no shell, two pairs of tentacles. |
| PALEOBOTANISTS | • paleobotanists n. Plural of paleobotanist. • PALEOBOTANIST n. a student of paleobotany. |
| PHYTOBENTHOSES | • PHYTOBENTHOS n. plants living at the bottom of water collectively. |
| PRECOMBUSTIONS | • PRECOMBUSTION n. a preliminary combustion. |
| SPONGIOBLASTIC | • SPONGIOBLASTIC adj. of or like a spongioblast, any of numerous columnar epithelial cells in the brain and spinal cord that develop into neuroglia. |
| SUBPOPULATIONS | • subpopulations n. Plural of subpopulation. • SUBPOPULATION n. an identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population. |
| SUBSPONTANEOUS | • subspontaneous adj. (Of plants) Partly cultivated by human labor and partly growing wild. • SUBSPONTANEOUS adj. less than spontaneous. |
| TABLESPOONFULS | • tablespoonfuls n. Plural of tablespoonful. • TABLESPOONFUL n. the contents of a tablespoon. |
| TABLESPOONSFUL | • tablespoonsful n. Plural of tablespoonful. • TABLESPOONFUL n. the contents of a tablespoon. |