| CHLORAMPHENICOL | • chloramphenicol n. (Pharmacology) A broad-spectrum antibiotic C11H12Cl2N2O5 isolated from cultures of a soil actinomycete… • CHLORAMPHENICOL n. an antibiotic drug originally isolated from a soil microorganism, effective against various bacterial and viral diseases. |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | • dichloromethane n. (Organic chemistry) The partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH2Cl2 widely used as a solvent. • DICHLOROMETHANE n. a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. |
| HELMINTHOLOGIES | • HELMINTHOLOGY n. the study of parasitic worms. |
| HELMINTHOLOGIST | • helminthologist n. One versed in helminthology. • HELMINTHOLOGIST n. a specialist in helminthology. |
| HEMATOPORPHYRIN | • hematoporphyrin n. (Biochemistry) The porphyrin portion of heme (minus the iron atom). • HEMATOPORPHYRIN n. any of several porphyrins that are hydrated derivatives of protoporphyrins. |
| HETEROCHROMATIN | • heterochromatin n. (Cytology) Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive. • HETEROCHROMATIN n. densely staining chromatin that appears as nodules in or along chromosomes and contains relatively few genes. |
| HETEROCHRONISMS | • heterochronisms n. Plural of heterochronism. • HETEROCHRONISM n. divergence from the normal time sequence in development, also HETEROCHRONY. |
| MECHANOMORPHISM | • MECHANOMORPHISM n. the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms. |
| MONOPHTHONGISED | • monophthongised v. Simple past tense and past participle of monophthongise. • MONOPHTHONGISE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGIZE. |
| MONOPHTHONGISES | • monophthongises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monophthongise. • MONOPHTHONGISE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGIZE. |
| MONOPHTHONGIZED | • monophthongized v. Simple past tense and past participle of monophthongize. • MONOPHTHONGIZE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGISE. |
| MONOPHTHONGIZES | • monophthongizes v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monophthongize. • MONOPHTHONGIZE v. to pronounce as a monophthong, also MONOPHTHONGISE. |
| MORPHOPHONEMICS | • morphophonemics n. Morphophonology. • MORPHOPHONEMICS n. linguistic structure in terms of the phonological patterning of morphemes. |
| PHOTOMECHANICAL | • photomechanical adj. Of or relating to any of several methods of printing via a plate which has been prepared photographically… • PHOTOMECHANICAL adj. relating to or involving any of various processes for producing printed matter from a photographically prepared surface. |