| ADRIAMYCINS | • ADRIAMYCIN n. a trade name of the anticancer drug doxorubicin. |
| AMYGDALOIDS | • amygdaloids n. Plural of amygdaloid. • AMYGDALOID n. an igneous rock in which almond-shaped steam-cavities have been filled with minerals. |
| AMYLOIDOSES | • amyloidoses n. Plural of amyloidosis. • AMYLOIDOSIS n. the condition of the body in which amyloid is deposited in the tissues. |
| AMYLOIDOSIS | • amyloidosis n. (Medicine) Any of a group of disorders in which the fibrous protein amyloid is deposited in an organ of the body. • AMYLOIDOSIS n. the condition of the body in which amyloid is deposited in the tissues. |
| AMYLOPECTIN | • amylopectin n. (Biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose). • AMYLOPECTIN n. the major component of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains. |
| AMYLOPLASTS | • amyloplasts n. Plural of amyloplast. • AMYLOPLAST n. a colourless plastid that forms and stores starch. |
| AMYOTROPHIC | • amyotrophic adj. (Medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles). • AMYOTROPHIC adj. relating to amyotrophy, atrophy of the muscles. |
| CHALAZOGAMY | • chalazogamy n. (Botany) A process of fecundation in which the pollen tube penetrates to the embryo sac through the… • CHALAZOGAMY n. the entry of the pollen tube through the chalaza, as opposed to porogamy. |
| CHLAMYDEOUS | • chlamydeous adj. (Botany) That has a perianth. • CHLAMYDEOUS adj. having a perianth. |
| CLEISTOGAMY | • cleistogamy n. (Botany) The production of flowers which do not open and are self-fertilized in the bud. • CLEISTOGAMY n. the production of small flowers which do not open and in which self-pollination occurs, also CLISTOGAMY. |
| CLINDAMYCIN | • clindamycin n. (Pharmacology) A lincosamide antibiotic drug C18H33ClN2O5S, mostly used to treat infections with anaerobic… • CLINDAMYCIN n. an antibiotic drug used for serious infections that do not respond to other antibiotics. |
| DEUTEROGAMY | • deuterogamy n. A second marriage, after the death of the first husband or wife; in distinction from bigamy, as defined… • DEUTEROGAMY n. a second marriage after the death of the first spouse, also DIGAMY. |
| GEITONOGAMY | • geitonogamy n. (Botany) Transfer of pollen grains from the anther of a flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. • GEITONOGAMY n. pollination of a flower by another flower on the same plant. |
| SIPHONOGAMY | • siphonogamy n. (Biology) reproduction via pollen tubes. • SIPHONOGAMY n. the state of reproducing by seed. |
| THINGAMYBOB | • thingamybob n. Alternative form of thingamabob. • THINGAMYBOB n. a whatsit, also THINGAMY, THINGAMYJIG, THINGUMABOB, THINGUMAJIG, THINGUMBOB, THINGUMMY, THINGUMMYBOB, THINGUMMYJIG. |
| THINGAMYJIG | • thingamyjig n. Alternative form of thingamajig. • THINGAMYJIG n. a whatsit, also THINGAMY, THINGAMYBOB, THINGUMABOB, THINGUMAJIG, THINGUMBOB, THINGUMMY, THINGUMMYBOB, THINGUMMYJIG. |