| CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | • crystallography n. The experimental science of determining the arrangement of atoms in solids. • crystallography n. The study of crystals. • CRYSTALLOGRAPHY n. a science that deals with the forms and structures of crystals. |
| EXOERYTHROCYTIC | • exoerythrocytic adj. Outside of an erythrocyte. • EXOERYTHROCYTIC adj. occurring outside the red blood cells. |
| HYDROMETALLURGY | • hydrometallurgy n. The field of extractive metallurgy involving the use of aqueous chemistry for the recovery of metals… • HYDROMETALLURGY n. the treatment of ores by wet processes (as leaching). |
| HYDROMETRICALLY | • hydrometrically adv. By means of hydrometry. • HYDROMETRICAL adv. relating to measurement by hydrometer, also HYDROMETRIC. |
| HYDROTROPICALLY | • hydrotropically adv. In a hydrotropic manner. • HYDROTROPIC adv. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| 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. |
| HYGROMETRICALLY | • hygrometrically adv. By means of, or in terms of, hygrometry. • HYGROMETRICAL adv. relating to hygrometry, also HYGROMETRIC. |
| HYPERTHYROIDISM | • hyperthyroidism n. (Medicine) The excessive production of hormones by the thyroid. • hyperthyroidism n. (Pathology) The pathological condition resulting from these excess hormones. • HYPERTHYROIDISM n. excessive functional activity of the thyroid gland. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| PYROPHOTOGRAPHY | • pyrophotography n. (Photography) Any photographic process involving the use of heat to fix the picture. • PYROPHOTOGRAPHY n. the production of pyrophotographs. |
| STAPHYLORRHAPHY | • staphylorrhaphy n. The operation of uniting a cleft palate by paring and bringing together the edges of the cleft. • STAPHYLORRHAPHY n. the operation of uniting a cleft palate. |
| SYNARTHRODIALLY | • synarthrodially adv. By means of synarthrosis. • SYNARTHRODIAL adv. of, relating to, or being a synarthrosis. |