| ANESTHESIOLOGY | • anesthesiology n. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) The science of administering anesthetics. • ANESTHESIOLOGY n. a branch of medical science dealing with anesthetics, also ANAESTHESIOLOGY. |
| HISTOGENICALLY | • histogenically adv. With reference to, or by means of histogenesis. • HISTOGENIC adv. of or like a histogen, a more or less well-defined region within a plant where tissues undergo differentiation. |
| HYDROGENATIONS | • hydrogenations n. Plural of hydrogenation. • HYDROGENATION n. the act of hydrogenating. |
| HYDROMAGNETICS | • hydromagnetics n. Magnetohydrodynamics. • HYDROMAGNETICS n. a branch of mathematical physics dealing with interactions between an electricity-conducting fluid (such as an ionized gas) and a magnetic field. |
| HYPNOBIRTHINGS | • HYPNOBIRTHING n. the use of hypnotic technique during labour by an expectant mother to reduce the pain and emotional stress of delivery. |
| ONYCHOPHAGISTS | • onychophagists n. Plural of onychophagist. • ONYCHOPHAGIST n. one who bites their fingernails. |
| PHARYNGOLOGIST | • pharyngologist n. A student of pharyngology; one versed in the science of pharyngology. • PHARYNGOLOGIST n. a specialist in pharyngology, the study of the throat. |
| PHARYNGOTOMIES | • pharyngotomies n. Plural of pharyngotomy. • PHARYNGOTOMY n. the surgical removal of the pharynx. |
| PHYSIOGNOMISTS | • physiognomists n. Plural of physiognomist. • PHYSIOGNOMIST n. a student of physiognomy. |
| PHYSOSTIGMINES | • physostigmines n. Plural of physostigmine. • PHYSOSTIGMINE n. an alkaloid found in the Calabar bean used esp. in eye drops to reduce pressure inside the eyeball, aka eserine, also PHYSOSTIGMIN. |
| PSYCHOGENETICS | • psychogenetics n. (Medicine) The branch of psychiatry or genetics that studies the effect of genetic inheritance on mental illness. • PSYCHOGENETICS n. the study of internal or mental states. |
| PSYCHOLINGUIST | • psycholinguist n. A practitioner of psycholinguistics. • PSYCHOLINGUIST n. a student of psycholinguistics. |
| SYCOPHANTISING | • sycophantising v. Present participle of sycophantise. • SYCOPHANTISE v. to be a sycophant, also SYCOPHANTIZE. |
| SYCOPHANTIZING | • sycophantizing v. Present participle of sycophantize. • SYCOPHANTIZE v. to be a sycophant, also SYCOPHANTISE. |
| THYMECTOMISING | • THYMECTOMISE v. to perform a thymectomy, also THYMECTOMIZE. |
| THYROGLOBULINS | • thyroglobulins n. Plural of thyroglobulin. • THYROGLOBULIN n. an iodine-containing protein of the thyroid gland that is the precursor of thyroxine and triiodothyronine. |