| APOGEOTROPISM | • apogeotropism n. (Botany) An apogeotropic tendency. • APOGEOTROPISM n. bending up or away from the ground. |
| ECOPHYSIOLOGY | • ecophysiology n. (Biology) The study of the relationships between, and adaptation of, the physiology of an organism and… • ECOPHYSIOLOGY n. the science of the interrelationships between the physiology of organisms and their environment. |
| EPIZOOTIOLOGY | • epizootiology n. The study of the dynamics and epidemiology of animal diseases. • EPIZOOTIOLOGY n. the sum of the factors controlling the occurrence of a disease or pathogen of animals. |
| GERONTOPHOBIA | • gerontophobia n. An abnormal and persistent fear of aging or growing old. • gerontophobia n. An abnormal and persistent fear of elderly individuals or people. • gerontophobia n. An aversion or hatred towards elderly people. |
| OLIGOTROPHIES | • OLIGOTROPHY n. the state of being oligotrophic. |
| OVERPROMOTING | • overpromoting v. Present participle of overpromote. • OVERPROMOTE v. to promote excessively. |
| PALAEOBIOLOGY | • palaeobiology n. The scientific study of prehistoric life, especially of those aspects pertaining to living systems. • palæobiology n. Archaic spelling of paleobiology. • PALAEOBIOLOGY n. the study of fossil plants and animals, also PALAEBIOLOGY, PALEOBIOLOGY. |
| PALEOBIOLOGIC | • paleobiologic adj. Alternative spelling of palaeobiologic. • PALEOBIOLOGIC adj. relating to paleobiology, also PALEOBIOLOGICAL. |
| PALEOECOLOGIC | • paleoecologic adj. Paleoecological. • PALEOECOLOGIC adj. relating to paleoecology, also PALEOECOLOGICAL. |
| PALEONTOLOGIC | • paleontologic adj. Pertaining to paleontology; characteristic of paleontology. • PALEONTOLOGIC adj. relating to paleontology, also PALEONTOLOGICAL. |
| PHOTOGEOLOGIC | • photogeologic adj. Of, relating to, indicated by, or produced by photogeology. • PHOTOGEOLOGIC adj. relating to photogeology, also PHOTOGEOLOGICAL. |
| POSTBOURGEOIS | • postbourgeois adj. (In Marxist philosophy) Relating to a period of society following the decline of the bourgeoisie. • POSTBOURGEOIS adj. belonging to a period of society after the bourgeoisie. |
| PULMONOLOGIES | • PULMONOLOGY n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the lungs. |
| SIGMOIDOSCOPE | • sigmoidoscope n. (Medicine) An instrument used for examining the sigmoid colon. • SIGMOIDOSCOPE n. an instrument for examining the interior of the rectum and sigmoid colon. |
| ZOOGEOGRAPHIC | • zoogeographic adj. Of or relating to zoogeography; concerning the geographic distribution of animals. • ZOOGEOGRAPHIC adj. relating to zoogeography, also ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL. |