| HYMENOPLASTY | • hymenoplasty n. (Medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman’s hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken… • HYMENOPLASTY n. surgical reconstruction of the hymen to give the appearance of virginity, usually for religious or cultural reasons. |
| HYPNOTICALLY | • hypnotically adv. In a hypnotic manner. • hypnotically adv. By using hypnotism. • HYPNOTIC adv. relating to hypnosis. |
| LARYNGOPHONY | • laryngophony n. The sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed upon the larynx. • LARYNGOPHONY n. the sound of the voice as heard through the stethoscope applied over the larynx. |
| LARYNGOSCOPY | • laryngoscopy n. The examination of the throat using a laryngoscope. • LARYNGOSCOPY n. examination by use of a laryngoscope. |
| NEURYPNOLOGY | • neurypnology n. (Obsolete) Alternative form of neurohypnology. • NEURYPNOLOGY n. an old name for the science of hypnotism, also NEUROHYPNOLOGY. |
| PARONYMOUSLY | • paronymously adv. In a paronymous way. • PARONYMOUS adv. having the nature of a paronym. |
| PHARYNGOLOGY | • pharyngology n. (Medicine) The science that studies the pharynx and treatment of its diseases. • PHARYNGOLOGY n. the study of the throat. |
| POLYEMBRYONY | • polyembryony n. (Botany) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization… • polyembryony n. (Biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg. • POLYEMBRYONY n. the condition of having several embryos. |
| POLYETHYLENE | • polyethylene n. (Organic chemistry) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware… • POLYETHYLENE n. a generic name for certain thermoplastics, polymers of ethylene, also POLYTHENE. |
| POLYPHYODONT | • polyphyodont n. Any animal whose teeth are continuously replaced. • POLYPHYODONT adj. having more than two successive dentitions. |
| POLYSTYRENES | • polystyrenes n. Plural of polystyrene. • POLYSTYRENE n. a polymer of styrene. |
| POLYSYNAPTIC | • polysynaptic adj. (Of a reflex or impulse) of or involving multiple synapses. • POLYSYNAPTIC adj. involving two or more synapses in the central nervous system. |
| POLYSYNDETON | • polysyndeton n. (Rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence. • POLYSYNDETON n. the rhetorical device of repeating a conjunction for emphasis, as in 'it was red and yellow and pink and orange and blue!'. |
| POLYTONALITY | • polytonality n. (Music) The use of multiple keys in the same composition, especially by multiple instruments at the same time. • POLYTONALITY n. two or more tonalities in a composition. |
| SYNOPTICALLY | • synoptically adv. In a synoptic manner. • synoptically adv. With reference to a synopsis. • SYNOPTICAL adv. relating to a synopsis. |