| AMYOTROPHIC | • amyotrophic adj. (Medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles). • AMYOTROPHIC adj. relating to amyotrophy, atrophy of the muscles. |
| CORMOPHYTIC | • cormophytic adj. Of or relating to cormophytes; having the character of a cormophyte. • CORMOPHYTIC adj. like a cormophyte. |
| HYDROTROPIC | • hydrotropic adj. (Biology) exhibiting hydrotropism. • HYDROTROPIC adj. exhibiting hydrotropism, i.e. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYPONITROUS | • hyponitrous adj. Of or pertaining to hyponitrous acid or its derivatives. • HYPONITROUS adj. containing or derived from nitrogen having a lower valence than in nitrous compounds. |
| HYPOTHYROID | • hypothyroid adj. Of or pertaining to hypothyroidism. • hypothyroid adj. Having hypothyroidism. • HYPOTHYROID adj. affected with hypothyroidism. |
| MYCOTROPHIC | • mycotrophic adj. (Botany) Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi. • MYCOTROPHIC adj. of a plant, living in symbiosis with a fungus. |
| OLIGOTROPHY | • oligotrophy n. (Geography, a body of water) the quality of having a low level of nutrients and minerals. • OLIGOTROPHY n. the state of being oligotrophic. |
| ORTHOPHYRIC | • orthophyric adj. Relating to or composed of orthophyre. • ORTHOPHYRIC adj. relating to orthophyre, a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
| POLYHISTORS | • polyhistors n. Plural of polyhistor. • POLYHISTOR n. a person of great and wide learning, also POLYHISTORIAN. |
| POLYHISTORY | • POLYHISTORY n. great and varied learning. |
| POLYTROPHIC | • polytrophic adj. (Biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way. • polytrophic adj. (Biology, of an insect) Having a nutritive cell attached to each egg in the ovary. • polytrophic adj. (Of a lake) Rich in nutrients. |
| PROHIBITORY | • prohibitory adj. That serves to prohibit or forbid. • PROHIBITORY adj. serving to prohibit. |
| PROTOPHYTIC | • protophytic adj. Of or relating to the protophytes. • PROTOPHYTIC adj. relating to a protophyte. |
| SPOROPHYTIC | • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Of or pertaining to a sporophyte plant. • sporophytic adj. (Botany) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. • SPOROPHYTIC adj. of or like a sporophyte. |
| THYROTROPIC | • thyrotropic adj. Able to stimulate the action of the thyroid gland. • THYROTROPIC adj. exerting or characterized by a direct influence on the secretory activity of the thyroid gland, also THYROTROPHIC. |
| THYROTROPIN | • thyrotropin n. (Biochemistry) A thyroid-stimulating glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland. • THYROTROPIN n. a hormone, produced in the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, which stimulates the thyroid, also THYROTROPHIN. |
| TROPOPHYTIC | • TROPOPHYTIC adj. of or like a tropophyte, a plant adapted to alterations of moisture and drought. |