| BIOGEOCHEMISTRY | • biogeochemistry n. (Biology, geology, chemistry, ecology) The scientific study of biological, geological and chemical processes… • BIOGEOCHEMISTRY n. the science of plants and animals in relation to chemicals in the soil. |
| COMPUTERPHOBIAS | • computerphobias n. Plural of computerphobia. • COMPUTERPHOBIA n. a morbid fear of computers. |
| COMPUTERPHOBICS | • computerphobics n. Plural of computerphobic. • COMPUTERPHOBIC n. someone having an irrational fear of computers. |
| HISTOCOMPATIBLE | • histocompatible adj. (Of two individuals) Having compatible antigens, and thus being able to transplant organs. • HISTOCOMPATIBLE adj. referring to the degree of similarity between the histocompatibility antigens of two individuals, which determines whether an organ transplant will be tolerated. |
| HOLOMETABOLISMS | • HOLOMETABOLISM n. of an insect, complete metabolism. |
| METHAEMOGLOBINS | • methæmoglobins n. Plural of methæmoglobin. • METHAEMOGLOBIN n. a brown compound of oxygen and haemoglobin formed in the blood by the action of certain drugs. |
| NEPHROBLASTOMAS | • nephroblastomas n. Plural of nephroblastoma. • NEPHROBLASTOMA n. a tumour on the kidneys. |
| STREPHOSYMBOLIA | • strephosymbolia n. A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading. • STREPHOSYMBOLIA n. a visual disorder where letters are seen mirror imaged. |
| SYMMETROPHOBIAS | • SYMMETROPHOBIA n. fear of symmetry. |
| THERMOBAROGRAPH | • thermobarograph n. An instrument for recording simultaneously the pressure and temperature of a gas; a combined thermograph… • THERMOBAROGRAPH n. a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere. |
| THERMOBAROMETER | • thermobarometer n. (Obsolete, physics) An instrument that measured altitudes via the boiling point of water. • thermobarometer n. (Geology) A mineral used to estimate temperature and pressure in the rocks during its formation. • THERMOBAROMETER n. an apparatus that provides an accurate measurement of pressure by observation of the change in the boiling point of a fluid. |
| THROMBOEMBOLISM | • thromboembolism n. (Medicine) An embolism caused by a blood clot carried in the bloodstream from its place of origin. • THROMBOEMBOLISM n. the blocking of a blood vessel by a particle that has broken away from a blood clot at its site of formation. |
| TOMBOYISHNESSES | • TOMBOYISHNESS n. the state of being tomboyish. |
| TRIBROMOETHANOL | • tribromoethanol n. An anaesthetic now mainly used in laboratory animals. • TRIBROMOETHANOL n. a soluble white crystalline compound with a slight aromatic odour, used as a general anaesthetic. |
| TRIBROMOMETHANE | • tribromomethane n. (Organic chemistry) bromoform. • TRIBROMOMETHANE n. another name for bromoform, a bromine compound analogous to chloroform. |