| BIOTECHNOLOGY | • biotechnology n. The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other… • biotechnology n. The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences. • BIOTECHNOLOGY n. the utilisation of living organisms in industry. |
| CHRONOBIOLOGY | • chronobiology n. (Biology) The study of the effects of time on biological systems, especially the effects of periodicity. • CHRONOBIOLOGY n. the study of biological rhythms. |
| GEOCHRONOLOGY | • geochronology n. (Uncountable) The science of dating samples of rock or sediment. • geochronology n. (Countable) Any one of the methods by which the age of different samples of rock can be determined. • geochronology n. (Uncountable) The division of ancient time into named subdivisions / periods. |
| GEOTECHNOLOGY | • geotechnology n. Geotechnical work. • GEOTECHNOLOGY n. the application of science and technology to the extraction and use of the earth's natural resources. |
| HELMINTHOLOGY | • helminthology n. (Zoology) The branch of zoology related to the study of helminths (parasitic worms). • HELMINTHOLOGY n. the study of parasitic worms. |
| HOMOGENEOUSLY | • homogeneously adv. In a homogeneous manner. • HOMOGENEOUS adv. of a uniform consistency. |
| MYTHOLOGISING | • mythologising v. Present participle of mythologise. • MYTHOLOGISE v. to make mythical, also MYTHOLOGIZE. |
| MYTHOLOGIZING | • mythologizing v. Present participle of mythologize. • MYTHOLOGIZE v. to make mythical, also MYTHOLOGISE. |
| NEUROETHOLOGY | • neuroethology n. The study of animal behavior and its underlying control by the nervous system. • NEUROETHOLOGY n. the description of features of animal behaviour in terms of the mechanisms of the nervous system. |
| OROPHARYNGEAL | • oropharyngeal adj. (Anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to both the mouth and the pharynx. • oropharyngeal adj. (Anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the oropharynx. • oropharyngeal n. (Informal, medicine) Ellipsis of oropharyngeal airway.: an adjunct device used to open and secure a… |
| ORTHOGONALITY | • orthogonality n. (Mathematics, statistics, software engineering) The property of being orthogonal. • ORTHOGONALITY n. the state of being orthogonal. |
| OXYHEMOGLOBIN | • oxyhemoglobin n. (American spelling) Alternative form of oxyhaemoglobin. • OXYHEMOGLOBIN n. a loose compound of oxygen and haemoglobin, also OXYHAEMOGLOBIN. |
| PHENOMENOLOGY | • phenomenology n. (Philosophy) The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. • phenomenology n. (Philosophy) A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl. • phenomenology n. (Medicine, philosophy of medical sciences) An approach to clinical practice which places undue reliance… |
| SPLANCHNOLOGY | • splanchnology n. (Anatomy, obsolete) The scientific study of the viscera. • SPLANCHNOLOGY n. the study of the entrails or viscera. |
| SYNCHRONOLOGY | • synchronology n. Contemporaneous chronology. • synchronology n. Chronological arrangement side by side. • SYNCHRONOLOGY n. a chronological arrangement side by side. |
| THYROGLOBULIN | • thyroglobulin n. (Biochemistry) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones. • THYROGLOBULIN n. an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |