| AUXOCHROME | • auxochrome n. (Obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift… • AUXOCHROME n. a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye. |
| AUXOCHROMES | • auxochromes n. Plural of auxochrome. • AUXOCHROME n. a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye. |
| EXHUMER | • exhumer n. One who exhumes. • EXHUMER n. someone who exhumes. |
| EXHUMERS | • exhumers n. Plural of exhumer. • EXHUMER n. someone who exhumes. |
| HEXAMEROUS | • hexamerous adj. (Botany) In six parts; occurring in sixes. • HEXAMEROUS adj. having six parts. |
| METHOXYFLURANE | • methoxyflurane n. (Pharmaceutical drugs) An inhalational anaesthetic of the 1960s and early 1970s, now largely abandoned… • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
| METHOXYFLURANES | • methoxyfluranes n. Plural of methoxyflurane. • METHOXYFLURANE n. a potent general anaesthetic administered as a vapor. |
| PNEUMOTHORAX | • pneumothorax n. (Medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| PNEUMOTHORAXES | • pneumothoraxes n. Plural of pneumothorax. • PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity. |
| XERANTHEMUM | • xeranthemum n. Any of the genus Xeranthemum of flowering plants native to Southern Europe. • XERANTHEMUM n. any plant of the Xeranthemum genus of plants of southern Europe, belonging to the thistle family. |
| XERANTHEMUMS | • xeranthemums n. Plural of xeranthemum. • XERANTHEMUM n. any plant of the Xeranthemum genus of plants of southern Europe, belonging to the thistle family. |
| XEROMORPHOUS | • xeromorphous adj. Xeromorphic. • XEROMORPHOUS adj. of parts of a plant, protected against excessive loss of water by thick cuticles, coatings of hairs and similar structural features, also XEROMORPHIC. |
| XIPHIHUMERALIS | • xiphihumeralis n. A long, flat strip of pectoral muscle comprising a band of parallel fibres, found in felines. • XIPHIHUMERALIS n. in vertebrates, a muscle leading from the xiphoid cartilage to the humerus. |
| XIPHISTERNUM | • xiphisternum n. (Biology, medicine) Synonym of xiphoid process. • XIPHISTERNUM n. the posterior and smallest of the three divisions of the sternum. |
| XIPHISTERNUMS | • xiphisternums n. Plural of xiphisternum. • XIPHISTERNUM n. the posterior and smallest of the three divisions of the sternum. |