| AUTOTOMISES | • autotomises v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autotomise. • AUTOTOMISE v. to effect an autotomy, the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole (in lizards, etc.), also AUTOTOMIZE. |
| COSTOTOMIES | • COSTOTOMY n. surgical incision into a rib. |
| CYSTOTOMIES | • cystotomies n. Plural of cystotomy. • CYSTOTOMY n. surgical incision into the bladder. |
| METOESTROUS | • METOESTROUS adj. relating to the metoestrus, the period in the oestrous cycle following oestrus, characterized by lack of sexual activity, also METESTROUS. |
| MONOTHEISTS | • monotheists n. Plural of monotheist. • MONOTHEIST n. one who believes that there is but one God. |
| OSTEOTOMIES | • osteotomies n. Plural of osteotomy. • OSTEOTOMY n. the dissection or anatomy of bones. |
| PHOTOSYSTEM | • photosystem n. (Biochemistry) Either of two biochemical systems, active in chloroplasts, that are part of photosynthesis. • PHOTOSYSTEM n. either of two photochemical reaction centers consisting chiefly of photosynthetic pigments complexed with protein and occurring in chloroplasts. |
| POSTMORTEMS | • postmortems n. Plural of postmortem. • post-mortems n. Plural of post-mortem. • post␣mortems n. Plural of post mortem. |
| PROTOSTOMES | • protostomes n. Plural of protostome. • PROTOSTOME n. a major group of bilateral metazoan animals, that includes mollusks and annelids. |
| SCOTOMETERS | • scotometers n. Plural of scotometer. • SCOTOMETER n. an instrument for detecting defects in the visual field. |
| SMOOTHPATES | • SMOOTHPATE n. (archaic) a bald person. |
| SOMATOTYPES | • somatotypes n. Plural of somatotype. • SOMATOTYPE v. to place with regard to somatotype. |
| SOUTHERMOST | • southermost adj. Synonym of southernmost. • SOUTHERMOST adj. (obsolete) most southerly, also SOUTHERNMOST, SOUTHMOST. |
| STREETROOMS | • STREETROOM n. space enough in the street. |
| TELEOSTOMES | • teleostomes n. Plural of teleostome. • TELEOSTOME n. a fish with membrane bones in the skull, jaws etc., as with any ordinary fish except skates and rays. |
| TENOTOMISTS | • tenotomists n. Plural of tenotomist. • TENOTOMIST n. one who surgically cuts tendons. |