| CYTODIAGNOSIS | • cytodiagnosis n. (Pathology) diagnosis by means of a study of the cells present in a sample. • CYTODIAGNOSIS n. medical diagnosis following the close examination of the cells of the body tissues or fluids, e.g. the smear test for cervical cancer. |
| DISCONFORMITY | • disconformity n. (Geology) A type of unconformity in which erosion or lack of deposition has occurred between two parallel… • disconformity n. (Religion) nonconformity. • DISCONFORMITY n. an unconformity in which the beds above the unconformity are parallel to the beds below the unconformity. |
| DISOBLIGATORY | • disobligatory adj. (Obsolete) Releasing from obligation. • DISOBLIGATORY adj. releasing from disobligation. |
| ENDOSYMBIOSIS | • endosymbiosis n. (Ecology) The condition of living within the body or cells of another organism; an instance of an organism so living. • ENDOSYMBIOSIS n. symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms lives inside the other. |
| ENDOSYMBIOTIC | • endosymbiotic adj. Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis. • endosymbiotic adj. That lives within a body or cells of another organism. Forming an endosymbiosis. • ENDOSYMBIOTIC adj. of or pertaining to endosymbiosis; (of an organism) living in such a relationship. |
| GYNODIOECIOUS | • gynodioecious adj. (Botany) dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears… • GYNODIOECIOUS adj. having hermaphrodite and female flowers on different plants. |
| GYNODIOECISMS | • GYNODIOECISM n. the state of being gynodioecious. |
| POSTMODIFYING | • postmodifying v. Present participle of postmodify. • POSTMODIFY v. to modify the sense of (a word or phrase) by being placed after it. |
| PYCNIDIOSPORE | • pycnidiospore n. A spore from a pycnidium. • PYCNIDIOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNOSPORE. |
| SIGMOIDECTOMY | • sigmoidectomy n. (Surgery) A colectomy in which the sigmoid colon is removed. • SIGMOIDECTOMY n. removal of the sigmoid colon. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPY | • sigmoidoscopy n. (Medicine) Internal examination of the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPY n. examination of the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| SODOMITICALLY | • sodomitically adv. By means of sodomy. • SODOMITICAL adv. relating to sodomy, also SODOMITIC. |
| THIODIGLYCOLS | • thiodiglycols n. Plural of thiodiglycol. • THIODIGLYCOL n. a chemical compound soluble in e.g. water and alcohol used e.g. as an industrial cleaning agent. |