| ANDROMEDOTOXIN | • andromedotoxin n. One of the grayanotoxins; grayanotoxin I. • ANDROMEDOTOXIN n. a poisonous substance extracted from plants of the heath family and used in medicine to lower high blood pressure. |
| DEXTROROTATION | • dextrorotation n. Rotation in a clockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light. • DEXTROROTATION n. rotation to the right. |
| DEXTROROTATORY | • dextrorotatory adj. (Chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to… • DEXTROROTATORY adj. turning to the right, esp. turning plane of polarized light, also DEXTROROTARY. |
| LOXODROMICALLY | • loxodromically adv. In a loxodromic fashion. • LOXODROMICAL adv. pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines, also LOXODROMIC. |
| MONOCARBOXYLIC | • monocarboxylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group. • MONOCARBOXYLIC adj. containing one carboxyl group. |
| NEOORTHODOXIES | • NEOORTHODOXY n. reactionaryism. |
| ORTHOMYXOVIRUS | • orthomyxovirus n. (Virology) Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes. |
| ORTHOPYROXENES | • orthopyroxenes n. Plural of orthopyroxene. • ORTHOPYROXENE n. a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene. |
| OXYMORONICALLY | • oxymoronically adv. In an oxymoronic manner. • oxymoronically adv. With regard to, or using oxymorons. • OXYMORONIC adv. of or like an oxymoron, an apparent paradox achieved by the juxtaposition of words which seem to contradict one another. |
| PARADOXOLOGIES | • paradoxologies n. Plural of paradoxology. • PARADOXOLOGY n. the holding or maintaining of paradoxes. |
| PROPAROXYTONES | • proparoxytones n. Plural of proparoxytone. • PROPAROXYTONE n. in ancient Greek, a word having the acute accent on the third last syllable. |
| SEROTAXONOMIES | • SEROTAXONOMY n. serological analysis as a source of information for taxonomic classification. |
| THYROTOXICOSES | • thyrotoxicoses n. Plural of thyrotoxicosis. • THYROTOXICOSIS n. hyperthyroidism with goitre and exophthalmia, Graves' disease. |
| THYROTOXICOSIS | • thyrotoxicosis n. (Medicine) The medical condition caused by the state of raised levels of thyroid hormone. • THYROTOXICOSIS n. hyperthyroidism with goitre and exophthalmia, Graves' disease. |