| AERONOMY | • aeronomy n. A branch of science that deals with the upper atmosphere of the Earth and the other planets with reference… • AERONOMY n. the study of the upper atmosphere. |
| AGRONOMY | • agronomy n. The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this… • AGRONOMY n. rural economy. |
| ANTINOMY | • antinomy n. (Archaic) A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities. • antinomy n. (By extension) Any contradiction or paradox. • ANTINOMY n. a conflict of authority. |
| AUTONOMY | • autonomy n. (Uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently. • autonomy n. (Government, countable) A self-governing country or region. • autonomy n. (Philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision. |
| AUTOTOMY | • autotomy n. (Chiefly zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a… • AUTOTOMY n. the reflex loss of part of the body to save the whole (in lizards, etc.). |
| BLOSSOMY | • blossomy adj. Similar to blossom. • BLOSSOMY adj. full of blossoms, flowery. |
| COLOTOMY | • colotomy n. (Surgery, medicine) Any incisional operation on the colon. • colotomy n. (Music) The rhythmic and metric patterns of gamelan music, involving the use of specific instruments… • COLOTOMY n. a surgical incision of the colon. |
| LOBOTOMY | • lobotomy n. A surgical operation on the frontal lobe of the brain intent on treating certain mental illnesses. • lobotomy n. The severing of the prefrontal cortex from the thalamic region of the brain. • lobotomy n. The severing of the sympathetic nerve trunk. |
| MONOSOMY | • monosomy n. A genetic disorder with the presence of only one chromosome (instead of the typical two in humans) from a pair. • MONOSOMY n. a condition of having one unpaired chromosome. |
| ONCOTOMY | • oncotomy n. (Surgery) The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumour, with a cutting instrument. • ONCOTOMY n. incision into a tumour. |
| PHANTOMY | • phantomy adj. Ghostly. • PHANTOMY adj. relating to a phantom. |
| PHISNOMY | • phisnomy n. Obsolete form of physiognomy. • PHISNOMY n. (obsolete) physiognomy, also FISNOMIE, VISNOMIE, VISNOMY. |
| POLYSOMY | • polysomy n. The condition of being polysomic. • POLYSOMY n. a condition in which one or more extra chromosomes are present in the cells of the body. |
| TAXONOMY | • taxonomy n. The science or the technique used to make a classification. • taxonomy n. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system. • taxonomy n. (Taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms. |
| TENOTOMY | • tenotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a tendon. • TENOTOMY n. the surgical division of a tendon. |
| THEONOMY | • theonomy n. The state of being governed by God or in accordance with divine law. • THEONOMY n. rule by a god. |
| UROSTOMY | • urostomy n. A surgically constructed opening in the urinary tract allowing urine to exit the body; the procedure… • UROSTOMY n. an artificial passage for urine. |
| VAGOTOMY | • vagotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach… • VAGOTOMY n. surgical division of the vagus nerve. |
| VASOTOMY | • vasotomy n. (Surgery) incision into the vas deferens. • VASOTOMY n. a surgical cutting of the vas deferens. |
| XYLOTOMY | • xylotomy n. (Botany) The art of preparing sections of wood (as by means of a microtome) for microscopic examination. • XYLOTOMY n. the preparation of wood for microscopic examination. |