| ANTIPHRASIS | • antiphrasis n. (Rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for… • ANTIPHRASIS n. the humorous or ironic use of a word or a phrase in a sense opposite of its usual meaning. |
| ATELECTASIS | • atelectasis n. (Medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax. • ATELECTASIS n. incomplete dilatation or collapse of lungs. |
| CANDIDIASIS | • candidiasis n. (Pathology) A fungal infection of any of the Candida (yeast) species. • CANDIDIASIS n. a thrush-like infection caused by the candida fungus. |
| CHOLESTASIS | • cholestasis n. (Pathology) The suppression of the flow of bile caused by an obstruction associated with the liver. • CHOLESTASIS n. a checking or failure of bile flow. |
| HAEMOSTASIS | • haemostasis n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemostasis. • hæmostasis n. Alternative form of hemostasis. • HAEMOSTASIS n. stoppage of bleeding or the circulation, also HAEMOSTASIA, HEMOSTASIA, HEMOSTASIS. |
| HOMEOSTASIS | • homeostasis n. (Physiology) The ability of a system or living organism to adjust its internal environment to maintain… • homeostasis n. Such a dynamic equilibrium or balance. • HOMEOSTASIS n. a tendency towards health or stable physical conditions, also HOMOEOSTASIS. |
| ICONOSTASIS | • iconostasis n. (Eastern Orthodoxy) A wall of icons between the sanctuary and the nave in a church of eastern Christendom. • ICONOSTASIS n. (Greek) in Eastern churches, a screen separating the sanctuary from the nave, also ICONOSTAS. |
| METAPHRASIS | • metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; direct word-for-word translation. • metaphrasis n. Metaphrase; repartee. • METAPHRASIS n. a turning of prose into verse, or verse into prose. |
| MISEMPHASIS | • misemphasis n. Bad or wrong emphasis. • MISEMPHASIS n. a wrong emphasis. |
| OSTEOCLASIS | • osteoclasis n. (Medicine) The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity. • OSTEOCLASIS n. the surgical breaking of a bone. |
| PERIPHRASIS | • periphrasis n. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going… • periphrasis n. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather… • periphrasis n. (Rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution). |
| PHTHIRIASIS | • phthiriasis n. (Medicine) An infestation with crab lice. • phthiriasis n. A pediculosis. • PHTHIRIASIS n. infestation with lice. |