| ANTIPORNOGRAPHY | • antipornography adj. Opposed to the distribution and consumption of pornography. • ANTIPORNOGRAPHY adj. opposed to pornography. |
| ERYTHROPOIETINS | • erythropoietins n. Plural of erythropoietin. • ERYTHROPOIETIN n. a glycoprotein hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells by stem cells in bone marrow. |
| HEMATOPORPHYRIN | • hematoporphyrin n. (Biochemistry) The porphyrin portion of heme (minus the iron atom). • HEMATOPORPHYRIN n. any of several porphyrins that are hydrated derivatives of protoporphyrins. |
| HYPERCORRECTION | • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) Nonstandard language use that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule. • hypercorrection n. (Linguistics) A nonstandard form so used. • HYPERCORRECTION n. a grammatical, usage or pronunciation mistake made by 'correcting' something that's right to begin with. |
| HYPEREXCRETIONS | • HYPEREXCRETION n. excessive excretion. |
| HYPERMODERNISTS | • hypermodernists n. Plural of hypermodernist. • HYPERMODERNIST n. a practitioner of a hypermodernist style in art. |
| HYPERNATRAEMIAS | • hypernatraemias n. Plural of hypernatraemia. • HYPERNATRAEMIA n. an abnormally high concentration of sodium chloride (salt) in the blood, esp. in infants. |
| HYPERPRODUCTION | • hyperproduction n. Excessive production. • HYPERPRODUCTION n. excessive production. |
| HYPERSECRETIONS | • hypersecretions n. Plural of hypersecretion. • HYPERSECRETION n. excessive secretion. |
| NEUROPSYCHIATRY | • neuropsychiatry n. (Medicine) The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features. • NEUROPSYCHIATRY n. a branch of medicine concerned with both neurology and psychiatry. |
| PORPHYROGENITES | • porphyrogenites n. Plural of porphyrogenite. • PORPHYROGENITE n. a Byzantine emperor's son, born in the purple. |
| PROTOPORPHYRINS | • protoporphyrins n. Plural of protoporphyrin. • PROTOPORPHYRIN n. metal-free porphyrin derived from blood hemin. |
| ROENTGENOGRAPHY | • roentgenography n. Radiography; The production of roentgenograms. • ROENTGENOGRAPHY n. radiography. |
| RONTGENOTHERAPY | • RONTGENOTHERAPY n. treatment by X-rays. |
| SUPERHETERODYNE | • superheterodyne adj. (Electronics) Pertaining to a technique used in radio and television receivers to tune to a particular… • superheterodyne n. A receiver of this kind. • SUPERHETERODYNE n. applied to radio reception in which oscillations of slightly different frequency are imposed on the received oscillations, producing beats of a frequency above audio-frequency which are easily amplified. |
| THREEPENNYWORTH | • threepennyworth n. (Dated) A portion worth threepence. • THREEPENNYWORTH n. goods to the value of threepence, also THREEPENCEWORTH. |
| ULTRASONOGRAPHY | • ultrasonography n. (Medicine) The use of ultrasound to produce diagnostic images of the internal organs of the body, or of a foetus. • ultrasonography n. The use of ultrasound to form images of underwater structures. • ULTRASONOGRAPHY n. the use of ultrasound. |