| CRYPTORCHIDISM | • cryptorchidism n. (Andrology) The failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum. • CRYPTORCHIDISM n. the condition in which one or both testes do not descend normally, also CRYPTORCHISM. |
| CRYPTOSPORIDIA | • cryptosporidia n. Plural of cryptosporidium. • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| DISAPPROBATORY | • disapprobatory adj. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. • DISAPPROBATORY adj. disapproving. |
| DISPROPERTYING | • dispropertying v. Present participle of disproperty. • DISPROPERTY v. (Shakespeare) to deprive of property. |
| HYDRONEPHROSIS | • hydronephrosis n. (Pathology) distension of the kidneys due to obstruction in the flow of urine. • HYDRONEPHROSIS n. distension of the kidney with urine held up as a result of obstruction in the urinary tract. |
| HYDROPEROXIDES | • hydroperoxides n. Plural of hydroperoxide. • HYDROPEROXIDE n. a compound containing an O2H group. |
| HYDROSULPHURIC | • hydrosulphuric adj. Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric. • HYDROSULPHURIC adj. formed by a combination of hydrogen and sulphur. |
| HYDROTHERAPIES | • hydrotherapies n. Plural of hydrotherapy. • HYDROTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of water. |
| HYDROTHERAPIST | • hydrotherapist n. A therapist who performs hydrotherapy. • HYDROTHERAPIST n. a practitioner of hydrotherapy. |
| HYPERMODERNISM | • hypermodernism n. The state or condition of being hypermodern. • hypermodernism n. (Art) An art movement distinguished from modernism and postmodernism chiefly by its extreme and antithetical… • hypermodernism n. (Chess) A school of thought which advocates controlling the centre of the board with distant pieces… |
| HYPERMODERNIST | • hypermodernist n. A proponent of hypermodernism (in any sense). • HYPERMODERNIST n. a practitioner of a hypermodernist style in art. |
| 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. |
| INTERSPERSEDLY | • interspersedly adv. In a way that is interspersed. • INTERSPERSED adv. INTERSPERSE, to place something at intervals in or among. |
| PREDESIGNATORY | • PREDESIGNATORY adj. specifying beforehand. |