| ANTITHYROID | • antithyroid adj. (Biochemistry) Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. • anti-thyroid adj. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. • ANTITHYROID adj. able to counteract excessive thyroid activity. |
| ANTITYPHOID | • antityphoid adj. (Immunology) Countering typhoid fever. • ANTITYPHOID adj. intended to prevent typhoid. |
| CATHOLICITY | • catholicity n. The quality of being catholic, universal or inclusive. • catholicity n. Catholicism. • CATHOLICITY n. broad-mindedness; inclusiveness. |
| DYOTHELITIC | • DYOTHELITIC adj. relating to dyotheletism, the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine, also DYOTHELETIC. |
| EPIPHYTOTIC | • epiphytotic adj. Relating to epiphytosis. • EPIPHYTOTIC n. a sudden outbreak of plant disease over extended geographical area. |
| HISTIOCYTES | • histiocytes n. Plural of histiocyte. • HISTIOCYTE n. a macrophage. |
| HISTIOCYTIC | • histiocytic adj. Pertaining to connective tissue containing large white blood cells. • HISTIOCYTIC adj. relating to a histiocyte. |
| HISTORICITY | • historicity n. Historical quality or authenticity based on fact. • historicity n. (Philosophy) The characteristic of having appeared or developed in history, as opposed to being natural or universal. • HISTORICITY n. historical actuality. |
| HOSPITALITY | • hospitality n. The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude… • hospitality n. (Business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which… • hospitality n. The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors… |
| HYPNOTISTIC | • hypnotistic adj. Relating to hypnotism. • HYPNOTISTIC adj. relating to a hypnotist. |
| HYPONITRITE | • hyponitrite n. (Inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion of nitrogen NO- derived from hyponitrous acid; any salt containing… • HYPONITRITE n. a salt or ester of hyponitrous acid. |
| ICHTHYOLITE | • ichthyolite n. (Obsolete, paleontology) A fossil of a fish. • ICHTHYOLITE n. a fossil fish. |
| LITHOPHYTIC | • lithophytic adj. Of or pertaining to lithophytes. • lithophytic n. Alternative form of lithophyte. • LITHOPHYTIC adj. of or like a lithophyte, a plant that grows on rock. |
| LITHOTRIPSY | • lithotripsy n. (Surgery) A treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument… • LITHOTRIPSY n. the surgical operation of crushing a stone in the bladder, kidney or gall bladder, so that its fragments may be passed naturally from the body. |
| SCHISTOSITY | • schistosity n. (Geology) The quality or state of being schistose. • SCHISTOSITY n. the foliation in a schist, due largely to the parallel orientation of micas. |
| THYROIDITIS | • thyroiditis n. (Pathology) Inflammation of the thyroid gland. • THYROIDITIS n. inflammation of the thyroid. |
| TYROTHRICIN | • tyrothricin n. A mixture of the antibiotics tyrocidine and gramicidin, used topically to treat gram-positive bacterial infections. • TYROTHRICIN n. an antibiotic mixture consisting chiefly of tyrocidine and gramicidin and used topically especially against gram-positive bacteria. |