| ASTROCYTOMA | • astrocytoma n. (Medicine) A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes. • ASTROCYTOMA n. a tumour of the central nervous system. |
| CHOREODRAMA | • choreodrama n. A drama acted out in dance. • CHOREODRAMA n. dance drama performed by a group. |
| COENENCHYMA | • coenenchyma n. Coenenchym. • COENENCHYMA n. gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony. |
| COLLENCHYMA | • collenchyma n. (Biology) A living, elongated, mechanical and flexible ground tissue with angular pectin depositions;… • COLLENCHYMA n. the supportive tissue of plants. |
| ENCEPHALOMA | • encephaloma n. (Medicine, dated) A tumor of the brain. • encephaloma n. (Medicine, dated) Encephaloid carcinoma. • ENCEPHALOMA n. a brain tumour. |
| ENCHONDROMA | • enchondroma n. (Medicine, pathology) A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow. • ENCHONDROMA n. an abnormal cartilaginous growth. |
| EPICHEIREMA | • epicheirema n. Alternative form of epichirema. • EPICHEIREMA n. a syllogism confirmed by an incidental proposition. |
| EPITHELIOMA | • epithelioma n. (Medicine) Any tumor that originates in the epithelium. • EPITHELIOMA n. a tumour of the epithelium. |
| HAEMANGIOMA | • haemangioma n. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of hemangioma. • HAEMANGIOMA n. a usually benign tumour made up of blood vessels, also HEMANGIOMA. |
| HYPOCORISMA | • HYPOCORISMA n. the use of a pet name or nickname, also HYPOCORISM. |
| OPISTHOSOMA | • opisthosoma n. (Zoology) The posterior abdomen of the chelicerates. • OPISTHOSOMA n. the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid. |
| PHYTOPLASMA | • phytoplasma n. Any of various specialized bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and of some insects… |
| PLASMALEMMA | • plasmalemma n. (Biology) The cell membrane. • PLASMALEMMA n. a plasma membrane. |
| PLASMODESMA | • plasmodesma n. (Biology) A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling… • PLASMODESMA n. a strand of living cytoplasm connecting two cells, also PLASMODESM. |
| PROSENCHYMA | • prosenchyma n. (Botany) The tissues formed of elongated cells, especially those with pointed or oblique extremities… • PROSENCHYMA n. supporting plant tissue containing little protoplasm. |
| PSYCHODRAMA | • psychodrama n. A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts a role in a context devised by a psychotherapist. • psychodrama n. A drama in this form. • psychodrama n. (Rare) A dramatic work focusing on the psychology of its characters. |
| RHABDOMYOMA | • rhabdomyoma n. (Pathology) A non-cancerous tumor of skeletal muscle. • RHABDOMYOMA n. a tumour of striated muscle. |
| SCLERODERMA | • scleroderma n. (Medicine) A chronic systemic autoimmune disease characterized by hardening the skin or other organs… • Scleroderma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Sclerodermataceae – earth ball. • SCLERODERMA n. a disease marked by hardening of skin. |
| SCYPHISTOMA | • scyphistoma n. (Zoology) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian. • SCYPHISTOMA n. the fixed polypoid stage in the life cycle of a scyphozoan, which reproduces asexually by budding or strobilation. |
| TUBERCULOMA | • tuberculoma n. (Medicine) A lesion associated with tuberculosis. • TUBERCULOMA n. a slow-growing, circumscribed tuberculous lesion. |