| APYREXIA | • apyrexia n. (Medicine) The absence or an intermission during a bout of fever. • APYREXIA n. a period of intermission in a fever. |
| ASPHYXIA | • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the interruption of breathing and consequent anoxia. • asphyxia n. Loss of consciousness due to the body’s inability to deliver oxygen to its tissues, either by the breathing… • asphyxia n. (Medicine, obsolete) A condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the… |
| EPICALYX | • epicalyx n. (Botany) A group of bracts resembling a calyx. • EPICALYX n. a set of bracts resembling a calyx. |
| EPOXYING | • epoxying v. Present participle of epoxy. • EPOXY v. to glue with a type of resin. |
| HYPOXIAS | • hypoxias n. Plural of hypoxia. • HYPOXIA n. a deficiency of oxygen in the body tissues, also HYPOXAEMIA, HYPOXEMIA. |
| OXYPHILE | • OXYPHILE n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHIL. |
| OXYPHILS | • OXYPHIL n. an organism that thrives on an acid environment, also OXYPHILE. |
| PHYLAXIS | • phylaxis n. (Medicine) Protection against infectious disease. • PHYLAXIS n. an inhibiting of infection by the body. |
| PROLIXLY | • prolixly adv. In a prolix manner. • PROLIX adv. tediously long and wordy. |
| PTYXISES | • PTYXIS n. (Greek) a type of leaf folding in a bud. |
| PYREXIAL | • pyrexial adj. (Obsolete) of or relating to fevers; feverish. • PYREXIAL adj. showing symptoms of pyrexia, feverish. |
| PYREXIAS | • pyrexias n. Plural of pyrexia. • PYREXIA n. (Greek) a fever. |
| PYXIDIUM | • pyxidium n. (Botany) A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off. • PYXIDIUM n. a capsule that opens by a transverse circular split. |
| SIXPENNY | • sixpenny adj. Worth six pennies. • sixpenny adj. (Dated) Cheap; worthless. • sixpenny n. A publication costing sixpence. |