| CRYPTOSPORIDIA | • cryptosporidia n. Plural of cryptosporidium. • CRYPTOSPORIDIUM n. any of a genus of protozoans parasitic in the gut of vertebrates including humans and sometimes causing diarrhea. |
| DISAPPROBATORY | • disapprobatory adj. Containing disapprobation; serving to disapprove. • DISAPPROBATORY adj. disapproving. |
| EPISTOLOGRAPHY | • epistolography n. The art or practice of writing epistles. • EPISTOLOGRAPHY n. letter-writing. |
| HYPOPHOSPHORIC | • hypophosphoric adj. Of or pertaining to hypophosphoric acid or its derivatives. • HYPOPHOSPHORIC adj. as in hypophosphoric acid, a tetrabasic acid produced by the slow oxidation of phosphorus in moist ai. |
| PERITONEOSCOPY | • PERITONEOSCOPY n. the visual examination of the peritoneal cavities by means of an endoscope inserted through an incision in the abdomen. |
| PHARYNGOSCOPIC | • pharyngoscopic adj. Relating to pharyngoscopy. • PHARYNGOSCOPIC adj. relating to a pharyngoscope. |
| PHOSPHOROLYSIS | • phosphorolysis n. (Chemistry) Any reaction, akin to hydrolysis, in which a bond is broken by the action of phosphoric acid or phosphate. • PHOSPHOROLYSIS n. a reaction analogous to hydrolysis involving phosphoric acid. |
| PHOSPHOROLYTIC | • phosphorolytic adj. Of or pertaining to phosphorolysis. • PHOSPHOROLYTIC adj. relating to phosphorolysis. |
| POLYPHOSPHORIC | • polyphosphoric adj. (Chemistry) Used to describe polymeric phosphoric acids and their derivatives. • POLYPHOSPHORIC adj. as in polyphosphoric acid, any oxyacid of pentavalent phosphorus. |
| PTERIDOPHYTOUS | • PTERIDOPHYTOUS adj. of or like a pteridophyte, a fern, also PTERIDOPHYTIC. |
| PYCNIDIOSPORES | • pycnidiospores n. Plural of pycnidiospore. • PYCNIDIOSPORE n. a conidium produced in a pycnidium, also PYCNOSPORE. |
| PYROPHOSPHORIC | • pyrophosphoric adj. Of, or relating to pyrophosphoric acid or its derivatives. • PYROPHOSPHORIC adj. as in pyrophosphoric acid, a type of acid. |
| SUPPOSITIONARY | • suppositionary adj. Being a supposition; hypothetical. • SUPPOSITIONARY adj. suppositional. |
| SYNAPOMORPHIES | • synapomorphies n. Plural of synapomorphy. |
| UNPROPITIOUSLY | • unpropitiously adv. In an unpropitious way. • UNPROPITIOUS adv. not propitious. |