| APHELIOTROPISM | • apheliotropism n. The habit of bending away from sunlight, as some plants do. • APHELIOTROPISM n. growth away from the sun. |
| HISTOPLASMOSES | • histoplasmoses n. Plural of histoplasmosis. • HISTOPLASMOSIS n. a disease of animals and man due to infection by the fungal organism Histoplasma capsulatum. |
| HISTOPLASMOSIS | • histoplasmosis n. (Pathology) A lung disease caused by a fungus, Histoplasma capsulatum, often asymptomatic otherwise… • HISTOPLASMOSIS n. a disease of animals and man due to infection by the fungal organism Histoplasma capsulatum. |
| HOMOPOLARITIES | • HOMOPOLARITY n. the state of being homopolar. |
| HYPEREMOTIONAL | • hyperemotional adj. Involving or exhibiting excessive emotion. • HYPEREMOTIONAL adj. excessively emotional. |
| OPHTHALMOLOGIC | • ophthalmologic adj. Ophthalmological. • OPHTHALMOLOGIC adj. relating to ophthalmology. |
| PHARMACOLOGIST | • pharmacologist n. (Pharmacology) A student of pharmacology; one versed in the science of pharmacology. • PHARMACOLOGIST n. one who studies pharmacology. |
| PHARMACOPOLIST | • pharmacopolist n. (Archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, an apothecary. • PHARMACOPOLIST n. drug-seller; pharmacist; apothecary. |
| PHLEBOTOMISING | • phlebotomising v. Present participle of phlebotomise. • PHLEBOTOMISE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMIZE. |
| PHLEBOTOMIZING | • phlebotomizing v. Present participle of phlebotomize. • PHLEBOTOMIZE v. to perform phlebotomy on, also PHLEBOTOMISE. |
| PHOTOLUMINESCE | • photoluminesce v. To exhibit photoluminescence. • PHOTOLUMINESCE v. to produce photoluminescence. |
| POIKILOTHERMAL | • poikilothermal adj. Poikilothermic. • POIKILOTHERMAL adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMIC. |
| POIKILOTHERMIC | • poikilothermic adj. (Of an animal) Having a body temperature that varies depending on the outside temperature. • POIKILOTHERMIC adj. having a variable blood temperature, cold blooded, also POIKILOTHERMAL. |
| POLYCHROMATISM | • polychromatism n. The condition of being polychromatic. • POLYCHROMATISM n. being multicoloured. |
| THERMOSCOPICAL | • THERMOSCOPICAL adj. indicating, or sensitive to, temperature changes, also THERMOSCOPIC. |
| THROMBOPHILIAS | • thrombophilias n. Plural of thrombophilia. • THROMBOPHILIA n. combined inflammation and thrombosis of a vein. |
| THROMBOPLASTIC | • thromboplastic adj. Causing or accelerating the formation of blood clots. • THROMBOPLASTIC adj. initiating or accelerating the clotting of blood. |
| THROMBOPLASTIN | • thromboplastin n. (Biochemistry) A protease that converts prothrombin to thrombin during the clotting of blood. • THROMBOPLASTIN n. a complex enzyme found esp. in platelets that functions in the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin in the clotting of blood. |