| CAMPIMETRY | • campimetry n. Perimetry. • CAMPIMETRY n. a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field. |
| DYSPHEMISM | • dysphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one… • dysphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • DYSPHEMISM n. the substitution of a disagreeable or offensive expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one, e.g. The Holocaust (the dysphemism chosen by Jewish historians to replace the Nazis' ghastly euphemism, The Final Solution). |
| EMPHYSEMAS | • emphysemas n. Plural of emphysema. • EMPHYSEMA n. a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| EMPHYSEMIC | • emphysemic adj. Relating to emphysema. • emphysemic n. A person who has emphysema. • EMPHYSEMIC n. a sufferer from emphysema. |
| EMPLOYMENT | • employment n. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid. • employment n. The act of employing. • employment n. A use, purpose. |
| GYMNOSPERM | • gymnosperm n. (Botany) Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. • GYMNOSPERM n. a plant with the ovules borne naked or unprotected, the conifers or cone-bearing plants and their allies. |
| HAEMOLYMPH | • haemolymph n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemolymph. • HAEMOLYMPH n. the bloodlike fluid of invertebrates, also HEMOLYMPH. |
| HEMIMORPHY | • HEMIMORPHY n. the state of having a polar axis, dissimilar at the two ends. |
| HEMOLYMPHS | • hemolymphs n. Plural of hemolymph. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| LUMPECTOMY | • lumpectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of a tumour or cyst from a breast. • LUMPECTOMY n. the surgical removal of a lump, esp. in the breast, aka tylectomy. |
| LYMPHEDEMA | • lymphedema n. (Medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels. |
| MESOMORPHY | • mesomorphy n. The condition of being mesomorphic. • MESOMORPHY n. the state of being a mesomorph. |
| MISEMPLOYS | • misemploys v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misemploy. • MISEMPLOY v. to employ wrongly or badly. |
| MUGWUMPERY | • mugwumpery n. (US politics, slang) The acts and views of the mugwumps. • MUGWUMPERY n. the acts and views of a mugwump, a bolter from the Republican party in 1884; a political independent. |
| NYMPHAEUMS | • nymphaeums n. Plural of nymphaeum. • NYMPHAEUM n. a temple for nymphs. |
| PERIMYSIUM | • perimysium n. (Anatomy) A layer of connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles. • PERIMYSIUM n. the connective tissue which surrounds and binds together muscle fibres. |
| POLYLEMMAS | • polylemmas n. Plural of polylemma. • POLYLEMMA n. an argument forcing a choice between contradictory statements. |
| POLYMERISM | • polymerism n. (Chemistry) The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. • polymerism n. (Chemistry) The act or process of forming polymers. • POLYMERISM n. the state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. |