| CLITORECTOMY | • clitorectomy n. (Surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision. • CLITORECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the clitoris. |
| COMETOGRAPHY | • cometography n. A scientific description of comets. • COMETOGRAPHY n. the description of comets. |
| COMMENDATORY | • commendatory adj. Serving to commend or compliment; complimentary. • commendatory adj. Holding a benefice in commendam. • commendatory n. (Obsolete) That which commends; a commendation; eulogy. |
| COMPENSATORY | • compensatory adj. (Of a payment) Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury. • compensatory adj. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something. • compensatory adj. (Genetics) That compensates for a deleterious mutation. |
| CONDEMNATORY | • condemnatory adj. Serving to condemn or censure. • CONDEMNATORY adj. serving to condemn. |
| CONTEMPORARY | • contemporary adj. From the same time period, coexistent in time; contemporaneous. • contemporary adj. Modern, of the present age (shorthand for ‘contemporary with the present’). • contemporary n. Someone or something living at the same time, or of roughly the same age as another. |
| COUNTRYWOMEN | • countrywomen n. Plural of countrywoman. • COUNTRYWOMAN n. a woman who is a compatriot. |
| MACROCYTOSES | • macrocytoses n. Plural of macrocytosis. • MACROCYTOSIS n. the occurrence of macrocytes in the blood. |
| METHOXYCHLOR | • methoxychlor n. (Organic chemistry) A synthetic organochlorine used as an insecticide. • METHOXYCHLOR n. a relatively nontoxic organochlorine insecticide. |
| MOTORBICYCLE | • motorbicycle n. (Dated) A motorcycle. • MOTORBICYCLE n. a bicycle driven by a motor, also MOTORBIKE, MOTORCYCLE. |
| OLFACTOMETRY | • olfactometry n. The study and measurement of smells. • OLFACTOMETRY n. the measurement of the sharpness of the sense of smell. |
| OOPHORECTOMY | • oophorectomy n. (Medicine) Surgical removal of one or both ovaries. • oöphorectomy n. Alternative spelling of oophorectomy. • OOPHORECTOMY n. the operation of removing one or both of the ovaries, aka ovariotomy. |
| ORCHIDECTOMY | • orchidectomy n. Synonym of orchiectomy. • ORCHIDECTOMY n. excision of one or both testicles, also ORCHIECTOMY. |
| PHYTOCHROMES | • phytochromes n. Plural of phytochrome. • PHYTOCHROME n. a plant pigment which absorbs red or infrared rays and acts as an enzyme controlling growth. |
| STEREOCHROMY | • stereochromy n. The painting of murals using pigments mixed with water glass. • STEREOCHROMY n. colourful wall painting. |
| TETRACHOTOMY | • tetrachotomy n. Division of a whole into four parts. • tetrachotomy n. (Logic) Quaternary classification. • tetrachotomy n. Tetralemma. |
| THERMOCHROMY | • thermochromy n. The property possessed by heat of being composed, like light, of rays of different degrees of refrangibility… • THERMOCHROMY n. a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is change, also THERMOCHROMISM. |
| THROMBOCYTES | • thrombocytes n. Plural of thrombocyte. • THROMBOCYTE n. a platelet. |
| TRACHEOSTOMY | • tracheostomy n. (Surgery) A surgical procedure in which an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and… • TRACHEOSTOMY n. a surgical incision into the windpipe, to relieve choking, also TRACHEOTOMY. |
| ZOOCHEMISTRY | • zoochemistry n. Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the chemical compounds entering into the composition… • zoöchemistry n. Archaic spelling of zoochemistry. • ZOOCHEMISTRY n. the chemistry of the animal body. |