| BIOPHYSICS | • biophysics n. The interdisciplinary science that applies theories and methods of the physical sciences to questions of biology. • BIOPHYSICS n. the science of the application of the laws of physics to biological phenomena. |
| CHIRIMOYAS | • chirimoyas n. Plural of chirimoya. • CHIRIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYA, CHERIMOYER. |
| CHIYOGAMIS | • CHIYOGAMI n. (Japanese) a kind of hand-printed patterned paper. |
| DIOPHYSITE | • Diophysite n. Alternative form of Dyophysite. • DIOPHYSITE n. a believer in the existence of two natures in Christ, human and divine, also DIPHYSITE, DYOPHYSITE. |
| ERIOPHYIDS | • eriophyids n. Plural of eriophyid. • ERIOPHYID n. any of a large family of minute plant-feeding mites. |
| HISTIOCYTE | • histiocyte n. (Biology) a macrophage, derived from bone marrow, found in connective tissue. • HISTIOCYTE n. a macrophage. |
| HISTIOLOGY | • histiology n. (Dated) Alternative form of histology. • HISTIOLOGY n. the study of the tissues of organisms, also HISTOLOGY. |
| HISTOLYSIS | • histolysis n. Breakdown of bodily tissues. • HISTOLYSIS n. the decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood. |
| HISTOLYTIC | • histolytic adj. Related to, or causing, histolysis. • HISTOLYTIC adj. of or pertaining to histolysis, or the degeneration of tissues. |
| HISTORYING | • historying v. Present participle of history. • HISTORY v. to relate in a history or narrative. |
| HYPNOIDISE | • HYPNOIDISE v. to put in the hypnoidal state, also HYPNOIDIZE. |
| ICHTHYOIDS | • ichthyoids n. Plural of ichthyoid. • ICHTHYOID n. any fishlike creature. |
| ICHTHYOSIS | • ichthyosis n. (Pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin. • ICHTHYOSIS n. a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly. |
| LYOPHILISE | • lyophilise v. Alternative spelling of lyophilize. • LYOPHILISE v. to dry by freezing, also LYOPHILIZE. |
| MYOPHILIES | • MYOPHILY n. pollination of plants by flies. |
| SCIOPHYTIC | • SCIOPHYTIC adj. of or like a sciophyte, any plant that grows best in the shade. |
| TYPHOIDINS | • typhoidins n. Plural of typhoidin. • TYPHOIDIN n. a culture of dead typhoid bacillus for injection into the skin as a test for typhoid fever. |
| VICHYSSOIS | • VICHYSSOIS adj. (French) of the Vichyite government. |
| YOHIMBINES | • yohimbines n. Plural of yohimbine. • YOHIMBINE n. (Bantu) an alkaloid obtained from the bark of a West African tree. |