| PROTOGYNOUS | • protogynous adj. (Biology) Exhibiting protogyny. • protogynous adj. (Botany) Whose female parts (stigma) becomes mature before the male ones (anthers). • protogynous adj. (Botany) Whose female parts (archegonia) mature before the male parts (antheridia) release their spermatozoids. |
| PULMONOLOGY | • pulmonology n. The branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract. • PULMONOLOGY n. the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the lungs. |
| PNEUMONOLOGY | • pneumonology n. Alternative form of pneumology. • PNEUMONOLOGY n. the study of the respiratory system. |
| POLYGLOTTOUS | • polyglottous adj. (Rare) Speaking many languages; polyglot. • POLYGLOTTOUS adj. like a polyglot, also POLYGLOTTAL, POLYGLOTTIC. |
| POMPHOLYGOUS | • POMPHOLYGOUS adj. of or like a pompholyx, a vesicular eruption or eczema chiefly on the palms and soles. |
| ZYGOMORPHOUS | • zygomorphous adj. Zygomorphic. • ZYGOMORPHOUS adj. bilaterally symmetrical, also ZYGOMORPHIC. |
| POLYGONACEOUS | • polygonaceous adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a family of apetalous plants, Polygonaceae, of which the knotweeds of the… • POLYGONACEOUS adj. belonging to the family Polygonaceae, knotgrasses. |
| PROTEROGYNOUS | • proterogynous adj. (Botany) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous. • PROTEROGYNOUS adj. exhibiting proterogyny. |
| AUTOCOPROPHAGY | • autocoprophagy n. The feeding on its own excrement. • AUTOCOPROPHAGY n. eating one's own feces. |
| NEUROHYPNOLOGY | • neurohypnology n. (Obsolete) hypnotism. • NEUROHYPNOLOGY n. an old name for the science of hypnotism, also NEURYPNOLOGY. |
| NEUROPATHOLOGY | • neuropathology n. Neural pathology: The pathology of the nervous system, usually and especially in the sense of its cytopathology… • NEUROPATHOLOGY n. pathology of the nervous system. |
| IMMUNOPATHOLOGY | • immunopathology n. (Medicine) The branch of immunology that studies the relation of the immune system to disease; a disease… • IMMUNOPATHOLOGY n. the study of immunity to disease. |
| NEUROPHYSIOLOGY | • neurophysiology n. (Physiology, neuroscience) The branch of physiology that deals with the nervous system. • NEUROPHYSIOLOGY n. the physiology of the nervous system. |
| NEUROPSYCHOLOGY | • neuropsychology n. A branch of neurology and of clinical psychology that investigates the physiological basis of psychological processes. • neuropsychology n. The facts uncovered thereby, or the body of knowledge thus produced. • NEUROPSYCHOLOGY n. the study of the relation between brain and behaviour. |