| ANTIARRHYTHMIC | • antiarrhythmic adj. (Pharmacology) Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat). • antiarrhythmic n. (Pharmacology) A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat). • ANTIARRHYTHMIC adj. tending to prevent or relieve cardiac arrhythmia. |
| CHROMATOGRAPHS | • chromatographs n. Plural of chromatograph. • CHROMATOGRAPH v. to do by chromatograph. |
| CHROMATOGRAPHY | • chromatography n. (Analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the… • CHROMATOGRAPHY n. a process in which a chemical mixture carried by a liquid or gas is separated into components as a result of differential distribution of the solutes as they flow around or over a stationary liquid or solid phase. |
| CHROMATOPHORES | • chromatophores n. Plural of chromatophore. • CHROMATOPHORE n. a pigment-bearing cell. |
| CHROMATOPHORIC | • chromatophoric adj. Relating to a chromatophore. • CHROMATOPHORIC adj. of or like a chromatophore, a pigment-bearing cell. |
| CHROMATOSPHERE | • chromatosphere n. A chromosphere. • CHROMATOSPHERE n. a layer of incandescent gas surrounding the sun through which the light of the photosphere passes. |
| HERMAPHRODITIC | • hermaphroditic adj. Of or pertaining to hermaphrodism; being a hermaphrodite. • hermaphroditic adj. (Biology) Possessing the reproductive organs of both sexes. • HERMAPHRODITIC adj. of or like a hermaphrodite, bearing both sexes, e.g. of plants usually in the same flower. |
| HETEROCHROMOUS | • heterochromous adj. (Botany) Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference. • HETEROCHROMOUS adj. having different colors. |
| HETEROCHRONISM | • heterochronism n. (Biology) heterochrony. • HETEROCHRONISM n. divergence from the normal time sequence in development, also HETEROCHRONY. |
| HYSTRICOMORPHS | • hystricomorphs n. Plural of hystricomorph. • HYSTRICOMORPH n. any rodent of a suborder which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas. |
| ORNITHOMORPHIC | • ornithomorphic adj. Shaped like a bird. • ORNITHOMORPHIC adj. shaped like bird. |
| ORTHOCHROMATIC | • orthochromatic adj. Being uniformly sensitive across the entire visible range, and thus reproducing colours faithfully. • orthochromatic adj. (Photography) Sensitive to all colours except red. • ORTHOCHROMATIC adj. of photographic film, sensitive to all colours except red. |
| THERMOCHROMIES | • THERMOCHROMY n. a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is change, also THERMOCHROMISM. |
| THERMOCHROMISM | • thermochromism n. (Physics) The reversible change of colour with temperature of some materials. • THERMOCHROMISM n. a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is change, also THERMOCHROMY. |