| CRYOSURGERY | • cryosurgery n. (Medicine) The use of a probe containing liquid nitrogen to freeze and thus destroy tissue. • CRYOSURGERY n. surgery using instruments at very low temperatures to cut and destroy tissue. |
| GLYCOPHYTES | • glycophytes n. Plural of glycophyte. • GLYCOPHYTE n. any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts. |
| GLYCOSYLATE | • glycosylate v. (Organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein). • GLYCOSYLATE v. to attach sugar to proteins to make glycoproteins. |
| GYMNOSPERMY | • gymnospermy n. The property of being gymnospermous. • GYMNOSPERMY n. the state of being gymnospermous, having a naked seed. |
| GYNAECOLOGY | • gynaecology n. Alternative form of gynecology. • gynæcology n. Archaic spelling of gynecology. • GYNAECOLOGY n. the study of women's physiology, also GYNECOLOGY. |
| GYNECOCRACY | • gynecocracy n. (Government, sociology) Government or rule by women, or a society with such leadership. • GYNECOCRACY n. government by women, also GYNAECOCRACY. |
| HYETOGRAPHY | • hyetography n. The science that deals with the geographical distribution of rain. • HYETOGRAPHY n. the study of rainfall distribution. |
| HYGROPHYTES | • hygrophytes n. Plural of hygrophyte. • HYGROPHYTE n. a plant adapted to a plentiful water-supply. |
| HYSTEROGENY | • HYSTEROGENY n. the generation of hysteria. |
| MYELOGRAPHY | • myelography n. (Medicine) A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the… • MYELOGRAPHY n. the taking of myelograms. |
| MYRMECOLOGY | • myrmecology n. (Entomology) The study of ants. • MYRMECOLOGY n. the scientific study of ants. |
| OXYHYDROGEN | • oxyhydrogen adj. Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and oxygen. • oxyhydrogen n. (Chemistry) A potentially explosive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. • oxy-hydrogen n. Alternative spelling of oxyhydrogen. |
| PETROGLYPHY | • petroglyphy n. The art or process of carving figures or inscriptions on stone. • PETROGLYPHY n. the art of carving on rocks. |
| PROTEROGYNY | • proterogyny n. The condition of being proterogynous. • PROTEROGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| PYELOGRAPHY | • pyelography n. (Medicine) radiography of the kidney, ureter and bladder following injection of a radiopaque substance. • PYELOGRAPHY n. the use of pyelograms, X-ray pictures of the renal pelvis. |
| SYNOECOLOGY | • SYNOECOLOGY n. the study of ecological communities, also SYNECOLOGY. |
| ZYGOMYCETES | • zygomycetes n. Plural of zygomycete. • ZYGOMYCETE n. one of a group of fungi marked by the production of zygospores. |