| DYSPHEMISM | • dysphemism n. (Uncountable) The use of a word or phrase carrying negative connotations or imagery (especially one… • dysphemism n. (Countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way. • DYSPHEMISM n. the substitution of a disagreeable or offensive expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one, e.g. The Holocaust (the dysphemism chosen by Jewish historians to replace the Nazis' ghastly euphemism, The Final Solution). |
| EMPHYSEMAS | • emphysemas n. Plural of emphysema. • EMPHYSEMA n. a swelling produced by gas or air diffused in the cellular tissue. |
| EMPHYSEMIC | • emphysemic adj. Relating to emphysema. • emphysemic n. A person who has emphysema. • EMPHYSEMIC n. a sufferer from emphysema. |
| HAEMOLYMPH | • haemolymph n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemolymph. • HAEMOLYMPH n. the bloodlike fluid of invertebrates, also HEMOLYMPH. |
| HEMIMORPHY | • HEMIMORPHY n. the state of having a polar axis, dissimilar at the two ends. |
| HEMOLYMPHS | • hemolymphs n. Plural of hemolymph. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| HOMOMORPHY | • homomorphy n. (Biology) similarity of form; resemblance in external character or in geometric ground form. • HOMOMORPHY n. similarity in form, as of the flowers of a plant, also HOMEOMORPHY. |
| HOMOPLASMY | • homoplasmy n. The presence of the same mutation in all copies of mitochondrial or plastid DNA within a single cell or individual. • HOMOPLASMY n. the quality or fact of being homoplastic. |
| LYMPHEDEMA | • lymphedema n. (Medicine) The swelling of tissue due to retention of fluid in the lymph vessels. |
| LYMPHOGRAM | • lymphogram n. A diagnostic image produced by lymphography. • LYMPHOGRAM n. a record made by lymphography, radiography of the lymph glands. |
| LYMPHOMATA | • lymphomata n. Plural of lymphoma. • LYMPHOMA n. a tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland. |
| MESOMORPHY | • mesomorphy n. The condition of being mesomorphic. • MESOMORPHY n. the state of being a mesomorph. |
| MIMOGRAPHY | • mimography n. (Archaic) The art of writing sign language by means of pictorial symbols constituting ideographs. • MIMOGRAPHY n. the writing of mimes. |
| NYMPHAEUMS | • nymphaeums n. Plural of nymphaeum. • NYMPHAEUM n. a temple for nymphs. |
| SYMPHILISM | • SYMPHILISM n. the state of being in a symbiotic relationship. |