| AMYOTROPHIC | • amyotrophic adj. (Medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles). • AMYOTROPHIC adj. relating to amyotrophy, atrophy of the muscles. |
| CORMOPHYTIC | • cormophytic adj. Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte. • CORMOPHYTIC adj. like a cormophyte. |
| HOMOEOTYPIC | • HOMOEOTYPIC adj. denoting or relating to the second nuclear division of meiosis, which resembles mitosis, also HOMEOTYPIC. |
| HOMOPHYLLIC | • HOMOPHYLLIC adj. exhibiting homophyly, resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HYLOMORPHIC | • hylomorphic adj. Pertaining to hylomorphism. • HYLOMORPHIC adj. relating to a materialist conception of universe. |
| HYPNOPOMPIC | • hypnopompic adj. Relating to the state of consciousness before becoming completely awake. • HYPNOPOMPIC adj. pertaining to the semiconscious state before waking. |
| HYPOCHROMIC | • hypochromic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Describing a decrease in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the… • hypochromic adj. (Medicine) Having a lower than normal amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells. |
| HYPOCORISMA | • HYPOCORISMA n. the use of a pet name or nickname, also HYPOCORISM. |
| HYPOCORISMS | • hypocorisms n. Plural of hypocorism. • HYPOCORISM n. the use of a pet name or nickname, also HYPOCORISMA. |
| HYPOMORPHIC | • hypomorphic adj. (Genetics, of a mutation) causing a partial loss of gene function. • HYPOMORPHIC adj. of a mutation, causing a partial loss of gene function. |
| HYPOVOLEMIC | • hypovolemic adj. Of, pertaining to hypovolemia, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as… |
| MYCOTROPHIC | • mycotrophic adj. (Botany) Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi. • MYCOTROPHIC adj. of a plant, living in symbiosis with a fungus. |
| MYTHOPOETIC | • mythopoetic adj. Giving rise to myths; pertaining to the creation of myth. • mythopoetic adj. Being a creative interpretation. • mythopoetic adj. (Mythology) Given the quality of a myth or a poem, used typically in opposition to a purely factual account. |
| POLYCHROISM | • polychroism n. Pleochroism. • POLYCHROISM n. the state of being polychroic. |
| POLYCHROMIC | • polychromic adj. Polychromatic; many-coloured. • polychromic adj. (Chemistry) Pertaining to, or designating, any one of several acids (known only in their salts) which… • POLYCHROMIC adj. many-coloured, also POLYCHROME, POLYCHROMOUS. |
| POLYMORPHIC | • polymorphic adj. Relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms. • polymorphic adj. (Programming, of a function) Having or relating to the ability to take multiple data types for a single parameter. • polymorphic adj. (Chemistry) Relating to a compound that can crystallizes into two or more distinct forms (E.g. carbon… |
| PSYCHONOMIC | • psychonomic adj. Of or pertaining to psychonomics or psychonomy. • PSYCHONOMIC adj. relating to psychonomics. |
| ZYGOMORPHIC | • zygomorphic adj. (Biology) having bilateral symmetry. • ZYGOMORPHIC adj. bilaterally symmetrical, also ZYGOMORPHOUS. |