| ADENOIDECTOMY | • adenoidectomy n. (Surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed… • ADENOIDECTOMY n. the surgical removal of the adenoids, also ADENECTOMY. |
| COPOLYMERISED | • copolymerised v. Simple past tense and past participle of copolymerise. • COPOLYMERISE v. to make into a copolymer, also COPOLYMERIZE. |
| COPOLYMERIZED | • copolymerized adj. Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer. • COPOLYMERIZE v. to make into a copolymer, also COPOLYMERISE. |
| DEMYTHOLOGISE | • demythologise v. Alternative spelling of demythologize. • DEMYTHOLOGISE v. to remove mythology from in order to arrive at the basic meaning, also DEMYTHOLOGIZE. |
| DEMYTHOLOGIZE | • demythologize v. (Transitive) To remove the mythological elements of. • DEMYTHOLOGIZE v. to divest of mythological forms in order to uncover the meaning underlying them, also DEMYTHOLOGISE. |
| DEOXYGENATION | • deoxygenation n. The removal of oxygen atoms or molecules from a material. • DEOXYGENATION n. the act of deoxygenating. |
| DESOXYRIBOSES | • desoxyriboses n. Plural of desoxyribose. • DESOXYRIBOSE n. a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of DNA, also DEOXYRIBOSE. |
| ENDOSYMBIOSES | • endosymbioses n. Plural of endosymbiosis. • ENDOSYMBIOSIS n. symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other. |
| EUDICOTYLEDON | • eudicotyledon n. (Botany) Alternative form of eudicot. • EUDICOTYLEDON n. an angiosperm having two cotyledons in the seed. |
| HYDROPEROXIDE | • hydroperoxide n. (Organic chemistry) any mono-substituted derivative of hydrogen peroxide - ROOH. • HYDROPEROXIDE n. a compound containing an O2H group. |
| HYPOEUTECTOID | • hypoeutectoid adj. Synonym of hypoeutectic. • hypoeutectoid n. A hypoeutectic alloy. • HYPOEUTECTOID adj. of a compound, containing less of the minor component than a eutectic compound. |
| MONOGLYCERIDE | • monoglyceride n. (Organic chemistry) a lipid, an ester of glycerol and one fatty acid (in the 1- or 2- positions). • MONOGLYCERIDE n. any of various esters of glycerol in which only one of the three hydroxyl groups is esterified and which are often used as emulsifiers. |
| SEDIMENTOLOGY | • sedimentology n. (Geology) The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed. • SEDIMENTOLOGY n. the study of sediment. |