| DECOMPOSITION | • decomposition n. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. • decomposition n. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. • decomposition n. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. |
| DIAGEOTROPISM | • diageotropism n. (Botany) The tendency of plant organs, such as roots, to assume a position oblique or transverse to… • DIAGEOTROPISM n. the tendency of roots to orient perpendicular to gravity. |
| DIOPTOMETRIES | • DIOPTOMETRY n. the measurement of ocular refraction. |
| EPIDEMIOLOGIC | • epidemiologic adj. Of or pertaining to epidemiology. • EPIDEMIOLOGIC adj. relating to epidemiology, also EPIDEMIOLOGICAL. |
| HAEMOPHILIOID | • HAEMOPHILIOID adj. relating to haemophilia, also HEMOPHILIOID. |
| IDIOMORPHISMS | • IDIOMORPHISM n. the state of being idiomorphic. |
| ISODIMORPHISM | • isodimorphism n. Isomorphism between the two forms severally of two dimorphous substances. • ISODIMORPHISM n. isomorphism between each of the two forms of a dimorphous substance and the corresponding forms of another dimorphous substance. |
| ISODIMORPHOUS | • isodimorphous adj. Having the quality of isodimorphism. • ISODIMORPHOUS adj. showing isodimorphism, isomorphism between each of the two forms of a dimorphous substance. |
| MACROPINACOID | • macropinacoid n. (Crystallography) One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical… • MACROPINACOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINAKOID. |
| MACROPINAKOID | • MACROPINAKOID n. a crystalline pinacoid which runs parallel to the longer horizontal axis, also MACROPINACOID. |
| MISPOSITIONED | • mispositioned adj. Wrongly positioned. • MISPOSITION v. to position wrongly. |
| NONDIPLOMATIC | • nondiplomatic adj. Not diplomatic. • NONDIPLOMATIC adj. not diplomatic. |
| PALLIDOTOMIES | • pallidotomies n. Plural of pallidotomy. |
| POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| PREADMONITION | • preadmonition n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning. • PREADMONITION n. the act of preadmonishing, forewarning. |
| PREDOMINATION | • predomination n. The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. • PREDOMINATION n. the act of predominating. |
| PYCNOCONIDIUM | • PYCNOCONIDIUM n. an asexual fungal spore produced in a pycnidium. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPE | • sigmoidoscope n. (Medicine) An instrument used for examining the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPY | • sigmoidoscopy n. (Medicine) Internal examination of the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPY n. examination of the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |