| APPENDICECTOMY | • appendicectomy n. (Surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix. • APPENDICECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the appendix, also APPENDECTOMY. |
| CYPROHEPTADINE | • cyproheptadine n. (Pharmacology) A particular antihistaminic, anticholinergic and antiserotonergic agent. • CYPROHEPTADINE n. a powerful antihistamine drug used to treat allergies. |
| DISAPPOINTEDLY | • disappointedly adv. In a disappointed manner. • DISAPPOINTED adv. DISAPPOINT, to fail to meet the expectation or hope of. |
| DISPROPERTYING | • dispropertying v. Present participle of disproperty. • DISPROPERTY v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of property. |
| ENDOPOLYPLOIDY | • endopolyploidy n. The replication of chromosomes without the division of the cell nucleus; generates a polyploid nucleus. • ENDOPOLYPLOIDY n. a polyploid state in which the chromosomes have divided repeatedly without subsequent division of the nucleus or cell. |
| HYPERLIPIDEMIA | • hyperlipidemia n. (Medicine) An excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a symptom of several medical conditions. • HYPERLIPIDEMIA n. an abnormally high level of fat in the blood, also HYPERLIPEMIA, HYPERLIPIDAEMIA. |
| HYPERPIGMENTED | • hyperpigmented adj. Afflicted with hyperpigmentation. • HYPERPIGMENTED adj. excessively pigmented. |
| HYPERPOLARISED | • hyperpolarised v. Simple past tense and past participle of hyperpolarise. • HYPERPOLARISE v. to increase the difference in electric potential across a cell membrane, also HYPERPOLARIZE. |
| HYPERPOLARIZED | • hyperpolarized v. Simple past tense and past participle of hyperpolarize. • HYPERPOLARIZE v. to produce an increase in potential difference across a biological membrane, also HYPERPOLARISE. |
| HYPODIPLOIDIES | • hypodiploidies n. Plural of hypodiploidy, referring to types thereof. • HYPODIPLOIDY n. the state of being hypodiploid, having slightly fewer than the diploid number of chromosomes. |
| PEPTIDOGLYCANS | • peptidoglycans n. Plural of peptidoglycan. • PEPTIDOGLYCAN n. a polymer in the cell walls of procaryotes. |
| POLYDISPERSITY | • polydispersity n. (Uncountable) The state of being polydisperse. • polydispersity n. (Countable) A measure of the degree to which a colloid is polydisperse. • POLYDISPERSITY n. the state of being polydisperse, characterized by particles of varied sizes in the dispersed phase of a disperse system. |
| PREPSYCHEDELIC | • prepsychedelic adj. Related to or characteristic of the period preceding the Psychedelic era of the late 1960s. • PREPSYCHEDELIC adj. preceding a psychedelic experience. |
| PSEUDEPIGRAPHY | • pseudepigraphy n. The composition of pseudepigrapha, false credit of authorship to give ideas greater legitimacy. • PSEUDEPIGRAPHY n. the ascription of false names of authors to works. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| PYCNIDIOSPORES | • pycnidiospores n. Plural of pycnidiospore. • PYCNIDIOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNOSPORE. |
| UNDERSUPPLYING | • undersupplying v. Present participle of undersupply. • UNDERSUPPLY v. to supply too little. |