| CHEMOTHERAPY | • chemotherapy n. (Medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state. • chemotherapy n. (Oncology, most common usage) chemical treatment to kill or halt the replication and/or spread of cancerous… • CHEMOTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of chemicals. |
| HELIOTHERAPY | • heliotherapy n. Any medical therapy by exposure to light. • HELIOTHERAPY n. medical treatment by exposure to the sun's rays. |
| HETEROCHRONY | • heterochrony n. (Biology) the variation in ontogeny of individuals of a species that gives rise to evolution. • HETEROCHRONY n. divergence from normal time sequence in development, also HETEROCHRONISM. |
| HETEROGRAPHY | • heterography n. (Countable) An incorrect spelling; a spelling different from accepted spelling. • heterography n. (Uncountable) Spelling in which a particular letter represents more than one possible sound. • HETEROGRAPHY n. incorrect spelling. |
| HETEROMORPHY | • heteromorphy n. (Biology) The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism. • HETEROMORPHY n. dissimilarity in shape, structure, or magnitude. |
| HETEROPHYLLY | • heterophylly n. (Botany) Marked changes in leaf morphology induced by environmental conditions; the ability to display such changes. • heterophylly n. (Botany) Significant variation in leaf shape on a same plant. • HETEROPHYLLY n. the state of being heterophyllous. |
| HETEROTHALLY | • heterothally n. Heterothallism. • HETEROTHALLY n. the state of being heterothallic, also HETEROTHALLISM. |
| HETEROTROPHY | • heterotrophy n. The state of being a heterotroph. • HETEROTROPHY n. the state of being a heterotroph, a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HIEROGLYPHED | • hieroglyphed adj. Inscribed with hieroglyphs. • HIEROGLYPH v. to represent by hieroglyphs. |
| HYDROSPHERES | • hydrospheres n. Plural of hydrosphere. • HYDROSPHERE n. the water of the earth. |
| HYMENOPHORES | • hymenophores n. Plural of hymenophore. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
| HYPOTHESISER | • hypothesiser n. Alternative form of hypothesizer. • HYPOTHESISER n. one who hypothesises, also HYPOTHESIZER. |
| HYPOTHESIZER | • hypothesizer n. A person who hypothesizes. • hypothesizer n. (Computing) Any of several systems that attempt to make educated guesses from incomplete information. • HYPOTHESIZER n. one who hypothesizes, also HYPOTHESISER. |
| NYCHTHEMERON | • nychthemeron n. A period of one day and one night, a date: in the West, this is a period of 24 consecutive hours. • NYCHTHEMERON n. (Greek) a full period of a day and night. |
| PHANEROPHYTE | • phanerophyte n. (Biology) Any woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground. • PHANEROPHYTE n. a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds well above the surface of the ground. |
| PHREATOPHYTE | • phreatophyte n. (Biology) Any plant, typically living in deserts, that obtains its water from long taproots that reach… • PHREATOPHYTE n. a plant with a deep root system that draws its water supply from near the water table. |
| PHYLLOSPHERE | • phyllosphere n. (Biology) The above-ground surface of plants, viewed as a habitat for microorganisms. • PHYLLOSPHERE n. the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp. for microorganisms. |
| RHYTHMOMETER | • rhythmometer n. An instrument for marking time in musical movements. • RHYTHMOMETER n. an instrument for measuring the speed of rhythms. |
| TRACHEOPHYTE | • tracheophyte n. (Botany): Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. • TRACHEOPHYTE n. any member of the clade of plants possessing vascular tissue; a vascular plant. |