| EMBRYOTOMY | • embryotomy n. (Medicine) The act of cutting a foetus into pieces within the womb, so that it can be removed. • EMBRYOTOMY n. the cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
| OMBROMETER | • ombrometer n. An instrument for measuring rainfall. • OMBROMETER n. a rain-gauge. |
| OMBROMETERS | • ombrometers n. Plural of ombrometer. • OMBROMETER n. a rain-gauge. |
| COULOMBMETER | • coulombmeter n. An instrument by which electricity can be measured in coulombs. • COULOMBMETER n. an instrument for measuring the amount of a substance released in electrolysis, also COULOMETER. |
| EMBRYOTOMIES | • embryotomies n. Plural of embryotomy. • EMBRYOTOMY n. the cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal. |
| COULOMBMETERS | • coulombmeters n. Plural of coulombmeter. • COULOMBMETER n. an instrument for measuring the amount of a substance released in electrolysis, also COULOMETER. |
| IMMUNOSORBENT | • immunosorbent n. (Immunology) An antibody that is used to remove a specific antigen from a mixture. • immunosorbent n. (Immunology) An antigen that is used to remove a specific antibody from a mixture. • immunosorbent adj. Relating to the absorption of antibodies by insoluble antigens. |
| RHABDOMYOMATA | • rhabdomyomata n. Plural of rhabdomyoma. • RHABDOMYOMA n. a tumour of striated muscle. |
| SOMNAMBULATOR | • somnambulator n. (Archaic) A somnambulist, or sleepwalker. • SOMNAMBULATOR n. a sleepwalker. |
| STROMBULIFORM | • STROMBULIFORM adj. shaped like a spinning top; spirally twisted. |
| IMMUNOSORBENTS | • immunosorbents n. Plural of immunosorbent. • IMMUNOSORBENT n. a substrate consisting of a specific antibody or antigen chemically combined with an insoluble substance, such as cellulose, to selectively remove the corresponding specific antigen or antibody from solution. |
| SOMNAMBULATORS | • somnambulators n. Plural of somnambulator. • SOMNAMBULATOR n. a sleepwalker. |
| SYMMETROPHOBIA | • symmetrophobia n. Aversion to symmetry. • SYMMETROPHOBIA n. fear of symmetry. |
| THERMOFORMABLE | • thermoformable adj. Capable of being thermoformed. • THERMOFORMABLE adj. capable of being thermoformed. |
| THROMBOEMBOLIC | • thromboembolic adj. Of or pertaining to a thromboembolism. • THROMBOEMBOLIC adj. relating to thromboembolism. |
| SYMMETROPHOBIAS | • SYMMETROPHOBIA n. fear of symmetry. |
| 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. |
| TRIBROMOMETHANE | • tribromomethane n. (Organic chemistry) bromoform. • TRIBROMOMETHANE n. another name for bromoform, a bromine compound analogous to chloroform. |