| DEPRESSOMOTOR | • depressomotor adj. (Medicine) Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement. • depressomotor n. (Medicine) Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centres. • DEPRESSOMOTOR n. a drug with the effect of retarding motor activity. |
| GERONTOPHOBES | • gerontophobes n. Plural of gerontophobe. • GERONTOPHOBE n. one with a morbid fear of old age. |
| HETEROSPOROUS | • heterosporous adj. (Botany, of an organism) Producing both male and female gametophytes. • HETEROSPOROUS adj. producing two different sizes or kinds of spores. |
| HOMOEOPATHIES | • HOMOEOPATHY n. the use of minute quantities of medications that in large amounts, produce symptoms like those of the disease being treated, also HOMEOPATHY. |
| IONTOPHORESES | • iontophoreses n. Plural of iontophoresis. • IONTOPHORESIS n. the introduction of an ionized substance, such as a drug, through intact skin by the application of a direct electric current. |
| ISOPROTERENOL | • isoproterenol n. (Pharmacology) Synonym of isoprenaline. • ISOPROTERENOL n. a sympathomimetic agent used in the treatment of asthma. |
| METOPOSCOPIES | • METOPOSCOPY n. the art of judging a person's character and fortune from his face, principally his forehead. |
| MONOTELEPHONE | • monotelephone n. (Historical) An early telephonic device that transmits only one specific tone. • MONOTELEPHONE n. a telephone that transmits sounds of one pitch only. |
| ONOMATOPOESES | • ONOMATOPOESIS n. onomatopoeia, also ONOMATOPOEIA, ONOMATOPOIESIS. |
| ORTHOPYROXENE | • orthopyroxene n. (Mineralogy) Any pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals. • ORTHOPYROXENE n. a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene. |
| OSTEOPETROSES | • osteopetroses n. Plural of osteopetrosis. • OSTEOPETROSIS n. a general name for a group of hereditary bone diseases, including marble bone disease, in which bone becomes abnormally dense. |
| OSTEOPETROSIS | • osteopetrosis n. (Pathology) A rare hereditary disorder characterized by hard, dense bones. • OSTEOPETROSIS n. a general name for a group of hereditary bone diseases, including marble bone disease, in which bone becomes abnormally dense. |
| PHOTODETECTOR | • photodetector n. Any device used to detect electromagnetic radiation. • PHOTODETECTOR n. any of various devices for detecting and measuring the intensity of radiant energy through photoelectric action. |
| PHOTOELECTRON | • photoelectron n. (Physics) An electron ejected from the surface of a material by the photoelectric effect. • PHOTOELECTRON n. an electron released from a surface by a photon. |
| PHOTOPHORESES | • PHOTOPHORESIS n. migration of suspended particles under the influence of light. |
| PHOTORECEPTOR | • photoreceptor n. (Biology) A specialized neuron or other structure able to detect and react to light. • PHOTORECEPTOR n. a receptor for light stimuli. |
| POLTROONERIES | • poltrooneries n. Plural of poltroonery. • POLTROONERY n. mean pusillanimity, cowardice. |
| RONTGENOSCOPE | • RONTGENOSCOPE n. an apparatus for examining patients by use of X-rays, also ROENTGENOSCOPE. |
| TOPOISOMERASE | • topoisomerase n. (Biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that affect the topology of DNA, especially ones that relax supercoiling. • TOPOISOMERASE n. any of a class of enzymes that reduce supercoiling in DNA by breaking and rejoining one or both strands of the DNA molecule. |