| CHOLECYSTECTOMY | • cholecystectomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure to remove the gall bladder. • CHOLECYSTECTOMY n. a surgical operation to remove the gall bladder. |
| CHOLECYSTOSTOMY | • cholecystostomy n. The surgical creation of a stoma in the gallbladder, which can facilitate placement of a tube for drainage. • CHOLECYSTOSTOMY n. the surgical formation of an opening in the wall of the gall bladder, also CHOLECYSTOTOMY. |
| CYANOETHYLATING | • cyanoethylating v. Present participle of cyanoethylate. • CYANOETHYLATE v. to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into. |
| CYANOETHYLATION | • cyanoethylation n. (Organic chemistry) Any reaction, or treatment, with acrylonitrile, especially such treatment of cotton… • CYANOETHYLATION n. the act of introducing a cyano-ethyl group into a compound. |
| EXOERYTHROCYTIC | • exoerythrocytic adj. Outside of an erythrocyte. • EXOERYTHROCYTIC adj. occurring outside the red blood cells. |
| HEMICRYPTOPHYTE | • hemicryptophyte n. (Botany) Any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways. • HEMICRYPTOPHYTE n. any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris. |
| HYDROSTATICALLY | • hydrostatically adv. In a hydrostatic manner. • hydrostatically adv. With regard to hydrostatics. • HYDROSTATICAL adv. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATIC. |
| HYDROXYAPATITES | • hydroxyapatites n. Plural of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYAPATITE n. a complex phosphate of calcium that occurs as a mineral and is the chief structural element of vertebrate bone. |
| HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |
| HYDROXYLAPATITE | • hydroxylapatite n. Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite. • HYDROXYLAPATITE n. a mineral of the apatite group that is rare in the ground but is the principal inorganic constituent of tooth enamel and bone. |
| HYPNOTISABILITY | • hypnotisability n. Alternative spelling of hypnotizability. • HYPNOTISABILITY n. the quality of being hypnotisable, also HYPNOTIZABILITY. |
| HYPNOTIZABILITY | • hypnotizability n. The ability to be hypnotized. • HYPNOTIZABILITY n. the state of being hypnotizable, also HYPNOTISABILITY. |
| ICHTHYODORYLITE | • ICHTHYODORYLITE n. a fossilised fish-spine, also ICHTHYODORULITE. |
| ORTHOPSYCHIATRY | • orthopsychiatry n. (Psychiatry) branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young. • ORTHOPSYCHIATRY n. preventive psychiatry for young people. |
| PHOTOTYPOGRAPHY | • phototypography n. A photomechanical method of printing made to resemble traditional metal typography. • PHOTOTYPOGRAPHY n. any printing process involving the use of photography. |
| POLYSYNTHETICAL | • polysynthetical adj. Alternative form of polysynthetic. • POLYSYNTHETICAL adj. made up of many separate elements, also POLYSYNTHETIC. |
| POLYSYNTHETISMS | • POLYSYNTHETISM n. the state of being polysynthetic. |