| ARTERIOGRAPHY | • arteriography n. Radiography of an artery. • arteriography n. (Medicine, dated) description of the arteries. • ARTERIOGRAPHY n. the radiographic visualization of an artery after injection of a radiopaque substance. |
| HERNIORRHAPHY | • herniorrhaphy n. (Surgery) repair of a hernia by means of sutures. • HERNIORRHAPHY n. the surgical repair of a hernia by an operation involving suturing. |
| 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. |
| HYPERIRRITABLE | • hyperirritable adj. Excessively prone to irritation. • HYPERIRRITABLE adj. extremely irritable. |
| IRREPREHENSIBLY | • irreprehensibly adv. In an irreprehensible manner. • IRREPREHENSIBLE adv. beyond blame. |
| IRREPROACHABLY | • irreproachably adv. In an irreproachable manner; blamelessly. • IRREPROACHABLE adv. not reproachable. |
| PROTOPORPHYRIN | • protoporphyrin n. (Biochemistry) Any porphyrin that lacks a central metal ion. • PROTOPORPHYRIN n. metal-free porphyrin derived from blood hemin. |
| PROTOPORPHYRINS | • protoporphyrins n. Plural of protoporphyrin. • PROTOPORPHYRIN n. metal-free porphyrin derived from blood hemin. |
| RHOMBPORPHYRIES | • RHOMBPORPHYRY n. an intermediate, moderately fine-grained igneous rock with feldspar inclusions, also RHOMBENPORPHYR, RHOMBENPORPHYRY. |
| RHYPAROGRAPHIC | • rhyparographic adj. Relating to rhyparography. • RHYPAROGRAPHIC adj. relating to rhyparography, genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects. |
| RHYPAROGRAPHIES | • RHYPAROGRAPHY n. genre or still-life pictures of sordid subjects. |
| XERORADIOGRAPHY | • xeroradiography n. A method of X-ray photography which uses an electrically charged metal plate instead of film. • XERORADIOGRAPHY n. radiography used esp. in mammographic screening for breast cancer that produces an image using X-rays in a manner similar to the way an image is produced by light in xerography. |