| APOPHASES | • apophases n. Plural of apophasis. • APOPHASIS n. the rhetorical device of emphasizing a fact, by pretending to ignore or deny it. |
| APOPHASIS | • apophasis n. (Rhetoric) An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned. • apophasis n. (Christianity, philosophy, theology) A process of arriving at knowledge by statements of denial; particularly… • APOPHASIS n. the rhetorical device of emphasizing a fact, by pretending to ignore or deny it. |
| APOPHATIC | • apophatic adj. (Theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions. • apophatic adj. (By extension) That which passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic thereof. • APOPHATIC adj. emphasizing a fact, by pretending to ignore or deny it. |
| APOPHENIA | • apophenia n. (Psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena. • APOPHENIA n. the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. |
| APOPHYGES | • apophyges n. Plural of apophyge. • APOPHYGE n. (Greek) the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. |
| APOPHYSES | • apophyses n. Plural of apophyse. • APOPHYSIS n. an expanded or projecting part of an organism, esp. of bone. |
| APOPHYSIS | • apophysis n. (Anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone. • apophysis n. (Botany) The external part of a cone scale. • apophysis n. (Geology) A branch of a dike or vein. |
| APOPLASTS | • apoplasts n. Plural of apoplast. • APOPLAST n. the non-protoplasmic component of a plant, including the cell walls and intercellular material. |
| APOPLEXED | • apoplexed adj. (Obsolete) Affected with apoplexy. • APOPLEX v. to affect with apoplexy. |
| APOPLEXES | • apoplexes n. Plural of apoplex. • APOPLEX v. to affect with apoplexy. |
| APOPTOSES | • apoptoses n. Plural of apoptosis. • apoptoses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apoptose. • APOPTOSIS n. the natural self-destruction of cells in a growing organism. |
| APOPTOSIS | • apoptosis n. (Biology, cytology) A process of programmed cell death by which cells undergo an ordered sequence of… • APOPTOSIS n. the natural self-destruction of cells in a growing organism. |
| APOPTOTIC | • apoptotic adj. (Biochemistry) Of or pertaining to apoptosis. • APOPTOTIC adj. relating to apoptosis, the natural destruction of cells in a growing organism. |