| CHOLECYSTOKININ | • cholecystokinin n. (Biochemistry) Any of several peptide hormones that stimulate the digestion of fat and protein; abbreviated to CCK. • CHOLECYSTOKININ n. a hormone secreted esp. by the duodenal mucosa that regulates the emptying of the gallbladder and secretion of enzymes by the pancreas and that has been found in the brain. |
| COCKNEYFICATION | • cockneyfication n. The use of cockney words or mannerisms, especially by non-cockneys. • COCKNEYFICATION n. the process of cockneyfying. |
| DOOHICKEY | • doohickey n. A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall). • doo-hickey n. Rare form of doohickey. • DOOHICKEY n. a doodad, a thingy. |
| DOOHICKEYS | • doohickeys n. Plural of doohickey. • doo-hickeys n. Plural of doo-hickey. • DOOHICKEY n. a doodad, a thingy. |
| HETEROKARYOTIC | • heterokaryotic adj. Relating to heterokaryosis or to heterokaryons. • HETEROKARYOTIC adj. relating to heterokaryosis. |
| LEUKOCYTOLYSIS | • LEUKOCYTOLYSIS n. the destruction of leucocytes, also LEUCOCYTOLYSIS. |
| LEUKOCYTOPENIA | • leukocytopenia n. (Medicine) Leukopenia. • LEUKOCYTOPENIA n. a decrease in the number of leucocytes in blood. |
| LEUKOCYTOPENIAS | • leukocytopenias n. Plural of leukocytopenia. • LEUKOCYTOPENIA n. a decrease in the number of leucocytes in blood. |
| LEUKOCYTOSIS | • leukocytosis n. Alternative spelling of leucocytosis. • LEUKOCYTOSIS n. an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| LEUKOCYTOTIC | • LEUKOCYTOTIC adj. relating to leukocytosis, an increase in the number of white blood cells in the circulating blood. |
| OUTJOCKEYING | • outjockeying v. Present participle of outjockey. • OUTJOCKEY v. to surpass in jockeying. |
| POIKILOCYTE | • poikilocyte n. (Physiology) An irregular form of corpuscle found in the blood in cases of profound anaemia, probably… • POIKILOCYTE n. an irregular red blood corpuscle. |
| POIKILOCYTES | • poikilocytes n. Plural of poikilocyte. • POIKILOCYTE n. an irregular red blood corpuscle. |
| TICKETTYBOO | • ticketty-boo adj. Alternative spelling of tickety-boo. • TICKETTYBOO adj. fine, satisfactory. |