| CACHECTIC | • cachectic adj. Having cachexia; wasting away from a disease or chronic illness. • CACHECTIC adj. relating to cachexy, severe wasting of the body, also CACHECTICAL, CACHEXIC. |
| CACHECTICAL | • cachectical adj. Alternative form of cachectic. • CACHECTICAL adj. relating to cachexy, severe wasting of the body, also CACHECTIC, CACHEXIC. |
| CRYPTOCOCCI | • cryptococci n. Plural of cryptococcus. • CRYPTOCOCCUS n. any of a genus of budding imperfect fungi that resemble yeasts and include a number of saprophytes and a few serious pathogens. |
| ACCIACCATURA | • acciaccatura n. (Music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by… • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| ACCIACCATURE | • acciaccature n. Plural of acciaccatura. • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| CRYPTOCOCCAL | • cryptococcal adj. (Pathology) Of or pertaining to cryptococcus fungi or cryptococcosis. • CRYPTOCOCCAL adj. of or like a cryptococcus. |
| CRYPTOCOCCUS | • cryptococcus n. Any soil fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which are pathogenic. • Cryptococcus prop.n. Principally soil-dwelling yeast fungi, but certain species cause cryptococcosis or meningitis in mammals… • Cryptococcus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Eriococcidae – certain scale insects, soft scale, some of which… |
| ACCIACCATURAS | • acciaccaturas n. Plural of acciaccatura. • ACCIACCATURA n. (Italian) a grace-note performed quickly before an essential note of a melody. |
| STREPTOCOCCIC | • streptococcic adj. Streptococcal. • STREPTOCOCCIC adj. relating to streptococci, also STREPTOCOCCAL. |
| CONTRACYCLICAL | • contracyclical adj. (Economics) Tending to counteract the effects of the business cycle. • CONTRACYCLICAL adj. of an economic policy, offsetting fluctuation cycles in the economy by reducing taxes during a recession and raising them during a boom. |
| CRYPTOCOCCOSES | • cryptococcoses n. Plural of cryptococcosis. • CRYPTOCOCCOSIS n. a fungal disease. |
| CRYPTOCOCCOSIS | • cryptococcosis n. (Pathology) A serious and potentially fatal fungal disease caused by members of the Cryptococcus neoformans… • CRYPTOCOCCOSIS n. a fungal disease. |
| STAPHYLOCOCCIC | • staphylococcic adj. Relating to staphylococcus. • STAPHYLOCOCCIC adj. relating to staphylococci. |
| COUNTERCYCLICAL | • countercyclical adj. (Public policy) Dampening the cyclical fluctuations due to the business cycle in an economy. • countercyclical adj. (Economics) Moving in the direction opposite to that of the overall state of an economy. • COUNTERCYCLICAL adj. calculated to check excessive developments in a business cycle. |