| BIOPOLYMERS | • biopolymers n. Plural of biopolymer. • BIOPOLYMER n. a polymeric substance formed in a biological system. |
| CYCLOSPORIN | • cyclosporin n. Alternative form of ciclosporin. • CYCLOSPORIN n. an immunosuppressant drug used in organ transplants, also CYCLOSPORINE. |
| LYOSORPTION | • LYOSORPTION n. the adsorption of a liquid on a solid surface, esp. of a solvent on suspended particles. |
| OVIPAROUSLY | • oviparously adv. In an oviparous manner. • OVIPAROUS adv. producing offspring through laying eggs which are incubated outside the body. |
| PERISSOLOGY | • perissology n. Superfluity of words; verbosity; long-windedness. • PERISSOLOGY n. superfluity of words, pleonasm. |
| POLYAMORIES | • polyamories n. Plural of polyamory. • POLYAMORY n. the practice of having more than one sexual and emotional relationship at a time, with the full consent of all partners. |
| POLYAMORIST | • polyamorist n. An advocate or practitioner of polyamory. |
| POLYCHROISM | • polychroism n. Pleochroism. • POLYCHROISM n. the state of being polychroic. |
| POLYCROTISM | • polycrotism n. (Physiology) That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several… • POLYCROTISM n. the state of having several beats to each heartbeat. |
| POLYHISTORS | • polyhistors n. Plural of polyhistor. • POLYHISTOR n. a person of great and wide learning, also POLYHISTORIAN. |
| POLYHISTORY | • POLYHISTORY n. great and varied learning. |
| POLYZOARIES | • polyzoaries n. Plural of polyzoary. • POLYZOARY n. the compound organism of a polyzoan. |
| POSTERIORLY | • posteriorly adv. After (in time). • posteriorly adv. Behind (in position). • posteriorly adv. Towards the posterior. |
| PROTEOLYSIS | • proteolysis n. (Biochemistry) The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids, especially as part of the digestion of food. • PROTEOLYSIS n. the disintegration of protein. |
| PROVISORILY | • provisorily adv. In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso. • PROVISORY adv. of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition. |
| RESPIROLOGY | • respirology n. Synonym of pulmonology. • RESPIROLOGY n. the branch of medicine concerned with breathing. |