| CORTICOID | • corticoid n. (Medicine) Any substance (especially a drug) whose action is similar to that of a hormone of the adrenal cortex. • CORTICOID n. any of the steroid hormones produced in the adrenal cortex, also CORTICOSTEROID. |
| DORMITION | • dormition n. The process of falling asleep. • dormition n. (Euphemistic) The process of death or the actual death itself. • dormition n. (Eastern Orthodoxy, often capitalized) The death and assumption into heaven of the Virgin Mary. |
| INOTROPIC | • inotropic adj. (Physiology) Increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions. • inotropic n. (Medicine, pharmacology) An inotropic heart drug. • INOTROPIC adj. affecting or controlling muscular contraction, esp. of the heart. |
| INTORSION | • intorsion n. A winding, bending, or twisting. • intorsion n. (Botany) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction… • INTORSION n. a twist, a twine, also INTORTION. |
| INTORTION | • intortion n. Alternative form of intorsion. • INTORTION n. a twist, a twine, also INTORSION. |
| IRIDOTOMY | • iridotomy n. (Surgery) The removal of part of the iris. • IRIDOTOMY n. surgical removal of the iris. |
| ISOTROPIC | • isotropic adj. (Physics) Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy. • isotropic adj. (Mathematics) Having the same components in all rotated coordinate systems. • ISOTROPIC adj. having the same properties in every direction, also ISOTROPOUS. |
| OCTONARII | • octonarii n. Plural of octonarius. • OCTONARIUS n. in prosody, a line having eight feet, also OCTONARIAN. |
| OLITORIES | • olitories n. Plural of olitory. • OLITORY n. (archaic) a potherb, a kitchen garden. |
| ORNITHOID | • ornithoid adj. Resembling or characteristic of a bird. • ornithoid n. (Science fiction, fantasy) Any bird-like creature. • ORNITHOID adj. birdlike. |
| PROBIOTIC | • probiotic n. (Bacteriology) A food or dietary supplement, such as a yogurt, containing live bacteria for therapeutic reasons. • probiotic adj. (Ecology) Of, or relating to probiosis; ecologic facilitation. • probiotic adj. Describing any dietary supplement that contains live bacteria for therapeutic purposes. |
| PROPOSITI | • propositi n. Plural of propositus. • PROPOSITUS n. (Latin) an individual to whom the family relationships of others are reckoned; specifically (a) (medicine) the first member of a family to be investigated by a researcher; (b) (law) a testator when making a will. |
| SOLICITOR | • solicitor n. One who solicits. • solicitor n. In many common law jurisdictions, a type of lawyer whose traditional role is to offer legal services… • solicitor n. In English Canada and in parts of Australia, a type of lawyer who historically held the same role as… |
| SORTITION | • sortition n. Selection by drawing lots. • SORTITION n. the casting of lots. |
| SPIRITOSO | • spiritoso adv. (Music) In a lively or spirited manner. • SPIRITOSO adv. (Italian) spirited; a direction to perform a passage in an animated, lively manner. |
| VOMITORIA | • vomitoria n. Plural of vomitorium. • VOMITORIUM n. (Latin) an opening in a large building by which a crowd is let out, also VOMITORY. |