| APOPHTHEGMATIC | • apophthegmatic adj. Alternative form of apothegmatic. • APOPHTHEGMATIC adj. relating to an apophthegm. |
| HYPOPHYSECTOMY | • hypophysectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical removal of the hypophysis (pituitary gland). • HYPOPHYSECTOMY n. the removal of the pituitary gland. |
| LYMPHOGRAPHIES | • lymphographies n. Plural of lymphography. • LYMPHOGRAPHY n. radiography of the lymph glands. |
| METAPHOSPHATES | • metaphosphates n. Plural of metaphosphate. • METAPHOSPHATE n. a salt or ester of a metaphosphoric acid. |
| METAPHOSPHORIC | • metaphosphoric adj. Of or pertaining to metaphosphoric acid. • METAPHOSPHORIC adj. applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid. |
| MONOPHOSPHATES | • monophosphates n. Plural of monophosphate. • MONOPHOSPHATE n. an ester of phosphoric acid. |
| MORPHOGRAPHERS | • morphographers n. Plural of morphographer. • MORPHOGRAPHER n. an artist who portrays forms. |
| MORPHOGRAPHIES | • morphographies n. Plural of morphography. • MORPHOGRAPHY n. a morphological description or study. |
| MORPHOPHONEMES | • morphophonemes n. Plural of morphophoneme. • MORPHOPHONEME n. either or any of two or more phonemes which form variant morphs representing one morpheme (as in wife, wives). |
| MORPHOPHONEMIC | • morphophonemic adj. (Linguistics) Relating to morphophonemes or morphophonemics. • MORPHOPHONEMIC adj. like a morphophoneme. |
| OPHTHALMOSCOPE | • ophthalmoscope n. (Ophthalmology) An instrument for examining the interior of the eye (that is, for ophthalmoscopy). • OPHTHALMOSCOPE n. an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye. |
| PLETHYSMOGRAPH | • plethysmograph n. (Medicine) An instrument for measuring changes in volume within an organ or whole body (usually via… • PLETHYSMOGRAPH n. an instrument for measuring change in body part size due to blood flow. |
| RHOMBENPORPHYR | • RHOMBENPORPHYR n. an intermediate, moderately fine-grained igneous rock with feldspar phenocrysts rhombic in section, also RHOMBENPORPHYRY, RHOMBPORPHYRY. |