| ACTOMYOSIN | • actomyosin n. (Biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres. • ACTOMYOSIN n. a protein found in skeletal muscle. |
| CONSISTORY | • consistory n. A solemn assembly or council. • consistory n. The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral… • consistory n. An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome. |
| COYOTILLOS | • coyotillos n. Plural of coyotillo. • COYOTILLO n. (Spanish) a poisonous shrub of the southwestern United States and Mexico. |
| CYTOLOGIES | • CYTOLOGY n. a study of cells. |
| CYTOLOGIST | • cytologist n. A scientist who studies the physical characteristics of chromosomes. • cytologist n. A biologist who studies cells. • CYTOLOGIST n. a student of living cells. |
| CYTOTOXINS | • cytotoxins n. Plural of cytotoxin. • CYTOTOXIN n. a cell-damaging drug. |
| DICTYOSOME | • dictyosome n. (Cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells. • DICTYOSOME n. any of the membranous or vesicular structures making up the Golgi apparatus. |
| EXOCYTOSIS | • exocytosis n. (Biology) The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or… • EXOCYTOSIS n. the release of cellular substances contained in cell vesicles. |
| MYCOBIONTS | • mycobionts n. Plural of mycobiont. • MYCOBIONT n. the fungal constituent of a lichen. |
| MYCOLOGIST | • mycologist n. A person who studies, professes or practices mycology. • MYCOLOGIST n. one who studies mycology. |
| MYCOTOXINS | • mycotoxins n. Plural of mycotoxin. • MYCOTOXIN n. a poison derived from fungi. |
| ONCOLYTICS | • oncolytics n. Plural of oncolytic. • ONCOLYTIC n. an agent that destroys tumours. |
| SCOLYTOIDS | • scolytoids n. Plural of scolytoid. • SCOLYTOID n. a member of the Scolytidae, bark-beetles, also SCOLYTID. |
| SOCIOMETRY | • sociometry n. The quantitative study of social interactions, and the measurement of preferences etc. • SOCIOMETRY n. the study of sociological relationships and attitudes, esp. as expressed by preferences. |
| SOCIOPATHY | • sociopathy n. (Psychiatry) The property of being a sociopath—a person showing antisocial behavior as part of psychiatric… • SOCIOPATHY n. hostility to society. |
| SOLVOLYTIC | • solvolytic adj. Of or pertaining to solvolysis. • SOLVOLYTIC adj. relating to solvolysis, the decomposition of a dissolved substance. |
| STICHOLOGY | • STICHOLOGY n. metrical theory. |
| TOPONYMICS | • toponymics n. The study of toponyms. • TOPONYMICS n. the study of place-names. |