| ANECDYSIS | • ANECDYSIS n. a period between moults in arthropods. |
| 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. |
| ATMOLYSIS | • atmolysis n. (Chemistry, historical) The separation of mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through… • ATMOLYSIS n. a method of separating gases of different densities. |
| AUTOLYSIS | • autolysis n. (Pathology, cytology) The destruction of an organism’s cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself. • autolysis n. (Pathology) The autodigestion of the tissues of an organism. • autolysis n. (Pathology) The autocytolysis of blood cells. |
| CATALYSIS | • catalysis n. (Chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst. • CATALYSIS n. alteration in speed of chemical reaction due to introduction of a substance which remains unchanged. |
| CYTOLYSIS | • cytolysis n. The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis. • CYTOLYSIS n. the dissolution of cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane. |
| DIAPHYSIS | • diaphysis n. (Anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone. • diaphysis n. (Botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence. • DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone. |
| EMPHLYSIS | • emphlysis n. (Pathology) A vesicular tumour. • EMPHLYSIS n. a vesicular eruption. |
| EPIPHYSIS | • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The pineal gland. • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The rounded end of any long bone. • epiphysis n. (Zoology) A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin. |
| HEMOLYSIS | • hemolysis n. (Medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end… • HEMOLYSIS n. destruction of red blood corpuscles. |
| HOMOLYSIS | • homolysis n. (Chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances. • homolysis n. The lysis of blood cells by homolysin. • HOMOLYSIS n. decomposition into two uncharged atoms or radicals. |
| LIPOLYSIS | • lipolysis n. (Organic chemistry) The hydrolysis of lipids. • lipolysis n. (Biochemistry) The reverse of lipogenesis in which stored fat is broken down. • LIPOLYSIS n. the disintegration of fat. |
| ONCOLYSIS | • oncolysis n. The breakdown or destruction of a tumour. • ONCOLYSIS n. the destruction of tumours. |
| PARALYSIS | • paralysis n. (Pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person’s body, such as one or more limbs. • paralysis n. A state of being unable to act. • PARALYSIS n. the state of being unable to move. |
| PYROLYSIS | • pyrolysis n. (Chemistry, physics) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen… • PYROLYSIS n. decomposition due to heat. |
| SYMPHYSIS | • symphysis n. (Anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with… • symphysis n. (Anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming… • SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones. |
| SYNCHYSIS | • synchysis n. (Poetics) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil… • synchysis n. (Rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence. • synchysis n. A confused mixture. |
| ZYMOLYSIS | • zymolysis n. (Chemistry) The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation. • ZYMOLYSIS n. the action of enzymes. |