| CARDIOTONIC | • cardiotonic adj. That has a favourable (tonic) effect on the action of the heart. • cardiotonic n. Any drug or substance having a tonic effect on the heart. • CARDIOTONIC n. a substance that tends to increase the tonus of heart muscle. |
| CAROTINOIDS | • carotinoids n. Plural of carotinoid. • CAROTINOID n. any of a group of pigments similar to carotenes, found in plant and some animal tissues, also CAROTENOID. |
| CHONDROITIN | • chondroitin n. (Biochemistry) Any of a range of mucopolysaccharides, derived from galactosamine and glucuronic acid… • CHONDROITIN n. any of several glycosaminoglycans occurring in sulfated form in various animal tissues such as cartilage. |
| CODIRECTION | • codirection n. (Uncountable) The joint direction of a film, organization, venture, etc. • codirection n. (Countable, mathematics) An equation for a hyperplane in the tangent space modulo a factor that is a… • codirection n. (Uncountable, mathematics) Colinearity. |
| CONDITIONER | • conditioner n. Anything that improves the condition of something. • conditioner n. Hair conditioner. • conditioner n. Fabric conditioner, fabric softener. |
| CONDOTTIERI | • condottieri n. Plural of condottiere. • CONDOTTIERE n. (Italian) a hired soldier; a mercenary. |
| DIOXONITRIC | • DIOXONITRIC adj. as in dioxonitric acid, the systematic name of nitrous acid. |
| DISTORTIONS | • distortions n. Plural of distortion. • DISTORTION n. a lack of proportionality in an image resulting from defects in the optical system. |
| INDORSATION | • indorsation n. (Scotland) An endorsement. • INDORSATION n. approval or support, also ENDORSATION. |
| ORDINATIONS | • ordinations n. Plural of ordination. • ORDINATION n. the act of ordaining. |
| PERIODONTIA | • PERIODONTIA n. the branch of dentistry concerned with periodontal diseases. |
| PERIODONTIC | • periodontic adj. Synonym of periodontal. • PERIODONTIC adj. relating to periodontia, the branch of dentistry concerned with periodontal diseases. |
| PROTEINOIDS | • proteinoids n. Plural of proteinoid. |
| RECONDITION | • recondition v. To restore to a functional state, or to a condition resembling the original. • RECONDITION v. to restore to good condition. |
| REOXIDATION | • reoxidation n. A second or subsequent oxidation (e.g. of hemoglobin). • REOXIDATION n. the process of reoxidizing. |
| WITHINDOORS | • withindoors adv. Alternative form of within-doors. • within-doors adv. (Dated) indoors. • WITHINDOORS adv. indoors. |