| BRACHYCEPHALIC | • brachycephalic adj. (Of a person or animal) Having a head that is short from front to back (relative to its width from left to right). • brachycephalic n. A brachycephalic person or creature. • BRACHYCEPHALIC adj. short-headed, esp. having a skull whose breadth is 80 per cent or more of its length. |
| BRACHYDACTYLIC | • brachydactylic adj. Relating to brachydactyly. • BRACHYDACTYLIC adj. having abnormally short fingers and toes, also BRACHYDACTYL. |
| HYPERCATABOLIC | • hypercatabolic adj. Relating to, or exhibiting, hypercatabolism. |
| HYPERMETABOLIC | • hypermetabolic adj. Pertaining to hypermetabolism. • HYPERMETABOLIC adj. relating to hypermetabolism, the physiological state of increased rate of metabolic activity. |
| KERATINOPHILIC | • keratinophilic adj. Capable of thriving on keratin. • KERATINOPHILIC adj. of fungi, exhibiting affinity for keratin (as in hair, skin, feathers, or horns). |
| MEGALOCEPHALIC | • megalocephalic adj. Macrencephalic. • MEGALOCEPHALIC adj. having an unusually large skull, also MEGACEPHALIC, MEGALOCEPHALOUS. |
| MESATICEPHALIC | • mesaticephalic adj. (Anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth. • MESATICEPHALIC adj. intermediate between dolichocephalic and brachycephalic, also MESATICEPHALOUS. |
| MONOCARBOXYLIC | • monocarboxylic adj. (Organic chemistry) Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group. • MONOCARBOXYLIC adj. containing one carboxyl group. |
| MYELENCEPHALIC | • myelencephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the myelencephalon; cerebrospinal. • MYELENCEPHALIC adj. of or like the myelencephalon. |
| ORGANOMETALLIC | • organometallic adj. (Chemistry) of, or relating to organic compounds having a metal atom directly bonded to a carbon atom. • organometallic n. (Chemistry) Any organometallic compound. • ORGANOMETALLIC adj. containing a metal or metalloid bonded directly to carbon. |
| POLYCARBOXYLIC | • polycarboxylic adj. (Chemistry) Having multiple carboxylic functional groups. • POLYCARBOXYLIC adj. of or like a polycarboxylate. |
| PREPSYCHEDELIC | • prepsychedelic adj. Related to or characteristic of the period preceding the Psychedelic era of the late 1960s. • PREPSYCHEDELIC adj. preceding a psychedelic experience. |
| PROSENCEPHALIC | • prosencephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the prosencephalon. • PROSENCEPHALIC adj. relating to the prosencephalon, the forebrain. |
| PYRONINOPHILIC | • pyroninophilic adj. Readily stained by pyronine. • PYRONINOPHILIC adj. having an affinity for pyronine, any of several xanthene dyes. |
| RHINENCEPHALIC | • rhinencephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the rhinencephalon. • RHINENCEPHALIC adj. relating to the rhinencephalon, the olfactory lobe of the brain. |
| SCAPHOCEPHALIC | • scaphocephalic adj. (Anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or affected with scaphocephaly. • SCAPHOCEPHALIC n. someone having an abnormally long narrow skull. |
| SEMICRYSTALLIC | • SEMICRYSTALLIC adj. having, or being, a partly crystalline structure, also SEMICRYSTALLINE. |
| THROMBOEMBOLIC | • thromboembolic adj. Of or pertaining to a thromboembolism. • THROMBOEMBOLIC adj. relating to thromboembolism. |