| DIMORPHISM | • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. • dimorphism n. (Biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. • dimorphism n. (Geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. |
| EMPIRICISM | • empiricism n. (Medicine, now chiefly historical) Medicine as practised by an empiric, founded on mere experience… • empiricism n. (Philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge… • empiricism n. A pursuit of knowledge purely through experience, especially by means of observation and sometimes by experimentation. |
| EPIMERISMS | • EPIMERISM n. optical isomerism. |
| IMIPRAMINE | • imipramine n. (Pharmacology) A synthetic compound (trademark Tofranil) used to treat depression. • IMIPRAMINE n. an antidepressant drug also used in the treatment of enuresis. |
| IMPAIRMENT | • impairment n. The result of being impaired. • impairment n. A deterioration or weakening. • impairment n. A disability or handicap. |
| IMPRIMATUR | • imprimatur n. (Printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies. • imprimatur n. (By extension) Any mark of official approval. • IMPRIMATUR n. (Latin) a license to print or publish, esp. one issued by a censor of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| METEMPIRIC | • metempiric adj. Of or relating to metempirics. • METEMPIRIC adj. transcending but associated with empirical knowledge, also METEMPIRICAL. |
| MICROPRISM | • microprism n. Any of many very small prisms used, either to form a reflective surface, or to form an area in a camera’s… • MICROPRISM n. a tiny prism used as a focusing aid on a single-lens reflex camera. |
| MISIMPROVE | • misimprove v. (Transitive, archaic) To use for a bad purpose; to misuse. • MISIMPROVE v. to make worse by would-be improvement. |
| MORPHINISM | • morphinism n. Morphine addiction. • morphinism n. Disease caused by excessive usage of morphine. • MORPHINISM n. a morbid condition produced by the excessive or prolonged use of morphine. |
| PERIMYSIUM | • perimysium n. (Anatomy) A layer of connective tissue which surrounds several muscle fibers into bundles. • PERIMYSIUM n. the connective tissue which surrounds and binds together muscle fibres. |
| PRIMORDIUM | • primordium n. (Anatomy) An aggregation of cells that is the first stage in the development of an organ. • PRIMORDIUM n. (Latin) the first discernible rudiment. |
| VAMPIRISMS | • vampirisms n. Plural of vampirism. • VAMPIRISM n. the practice of a vampire. |