| ADIPOSIS | • adiposis n. (Medicine) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue. • ADIPOSIS n. obesity. |
| BIOPSIED | • biopsied v. Simple past tense and past participle of biopsy. • BIOPSY v. to examine tissue from a living body. |
| DIOPSIDE | • diopside n. (Mineralogy) A monoclinic pyroxene mineral, a magnesium calcium silicate with the chemical formula CaMgSi… • DIOPSIDE n. a mineral, a crystallized variety of pyroxene, of a clear, grayish green color. |
| DIPLOIDS | • diploids n. Plural of diploid. • DIPLOID n. an animal with two homologous sets of chromosomes. |
| DIPLOSIS | • DIPLOSIS n. a method of chromosome formation. |
| DIPODIES | • dipodies n. Plural of dipody. • DIPODY n. a verse of two metrical feet, also DIMETER. |
| EPISODIC | • episodic adj. Relating to an episode. • episodic adj. Sporadic, happening infrequently and irregularly. • episodic adj. (Literature) made up a sequence of seemingly unconnected episodes. |
| IODOPSIN | • iodopsin n. A photoreceptor protein found in the cone cells of the retina, the basis of colour vision. • IODOPSIN n. a light sensitive pigment in retinal cones. |
| PIGMOIDS | • pigmoids n. Plural of pigmoid. • PIGMOID n. a pigmy. |
| PLOIDIES | • ploidies n. Plural of ploidy. • PLOIDY n. the number of chromosomes in a cell. |
| PRESIDIO | • presidio n. A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control. • PRESIDIO n. (Spanish) a Spanish fort. |
| PRISMOID | • prismoid adj. Resembling a prism. • prismoid n. (Geometry) A prismatoid that has planar sides, and the same number of vertices in both of its parallel planes. • prismoid n. (Geometry) An antiprism. |
| SPORIDIA | • sporidia n. Plural of sporidium. • SPORIDIUM n. a secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. |
| XIPHOIDS | • xiphoids n. Plural of xiphoid. • XIPHOID n. the xiphoid process or xiphisternum. |
| YPSILOID | • ypsiloid adj. Shaped like the letter Υ. • YPSILOID adj. shaped like an upsilon. |